Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The judge did not say that anybody wilfully did something that was not acceptable. The judge said that she found that they had made the wrong decision and that, in her opinion, it needed to be re-examined. So this is not a situation, if you care to look at the judgment, that there was any indication that an individual was found to have done anything wrong. So, Mr. Speaker, in terms of who is going to be held to account, the WCB has had the ruling of the court, it's looked at it, the Governance Council has agreed not to appeal the case, the appeals tribunal is prepared to rehear the case as soon as a freshly constituted panel can be put in place and, as the judge said, it might not be realistic to expect it to happen within 60 days and that has proven to be the case. But the appeals tribunal is moving as quickly as possible to deal with the issues. The Governance Council has also taken the opportunity to, or taken the occasion to review its policy on chronic pain. They have undertaken that review and will finalize that review at their next formal meeting and we'll have, I suspect, a new policy in place. But I think it's important to understand that with or without that policy, chronic pain is seen as a compensable injury and each case is looked at on an individual basis. Thank you.
Charles Dent on Question 12-15(5): WCB Appeals Tribunal Rehearing For Ivan Valic
In the Legislative Assembly on May 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 12-15(5): Wcb Appeals Tribunal Rehearing For Ivan Valic
Question 12-15(5): WCB Appeals Tribunal Rehearing For Ivan Valic
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 30th, 2006
Page 35
See context to find out what was said next.