Mr. Speaker, thank you. My questions this afternoon are for Mr. Dent, the Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board of the NWT and Nunavut. Mr. Speaker, the WCB set out a new policy for chronic pain in 2004. The Valic decision of the NWT Supreme Court of 2005 rejected this policy on the basis that it was discriminatory. Mr. Speaker, the Minister, in a letter to my colleague Ms. Lee in June of this year, said the WCB was going to reapply to the Supreme Court to see if its new policy was indeed going to comply with these constitutional issues. Mr. Speaker, has this been done and has the WCB now got a policy that won't violate workers' rights anymore, Mr. Speaker?
Bill Braden on Question 162-15(5): WCB Policy On Chronic Pain - Valic Decision
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 2006. See this statement in context.
Question 162-15(5): WCB Policy On Chronic Pain - Valic Decision
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 22nd, 2006
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