Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Minister of Justice and it's in regard to collection of judgment once someone wins a judgment from court. Mr. Speaker, the law we have with respect to collecting judgment in the North is very outdated, probably because it's not something that's on everybody's mind all the time. The laws we have are that if you win a judgment and you want to collect against somebody and you have to file what's called a garnishee, that only lasts only 10 days now. Which means everybody has to go to court and file it again, pay $5, then there are all sorts of expenses involved with that. Alberta, Mr. Speaker, recently made the laws so that the garnishee lasts a whole year, so there's a lot less work on the courts and those who already have the judgments. I'd like to know from the Minister whether or not -- and I think the Minister might be working on this already -- the department might be interested in looking at updating this law. Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Question 576-15(3): Updating Garnishee Legislation
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 576-15(3): Updating Garnishee Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 8th, 2005
Page 1909
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