Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can't confirm that we are paying that much money. If there are monies that are being paid out for wrongful dismissal, it's because it's been found that the process that was followed was not acceptable and, therefore, damages would be awarded in that case. I don't believe that there are that many cases that have taken place and, as I've said many times in this House, we've launched an independent review of human resource practices in the Department of Justice, specifically the area of corrections, from all of our facilities from Inuvik to Fort Smith, to review whether or not there is a systemic problem. I do not know that there is one. We will have the answer to that within a couple of weeks. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 301-15(3): Wrongful Dismissal Suits In Corrections Services
In the Legislative Assembly on October 25th, 2004. See this statement in context.
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Item 6: Oral Questions
October 24th, 2004
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