The Minister is correct in the sense that when you take the $43,000 and you take out the $14,000 for salary increases, you’re left with the $29,000. But the $29,000 divided by four judges and 12 months works out to almost precisely a $562 increase in insurance fees. I’m just trying to get a sense of…. I don’t know anybody’s insurance that costs $562 for life. This is an additional increase. I’m just trying to make sense of this. It’s difficult for me to go out there and look people in the eye and say, “Well, we’ve just bumped up the insurance for judges for another almost $562.”
I want to know what’s wrong, what’s changed. How much are we normally paying for insurance per judge per month to justify it? That’s a huge increase. I couldn’t tell you what liability and life insurance costs — I’d be guessing — but I’m sure that’s the cost of a whole family’s life insurance. It just seems like a lot of money.