Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a couple of questions for the Minister to see if he could maybe provide me some advice in this area. In the maintenance enforcement we have the situation of their maintenance enforcement change. So like individuals that used to pay maintenance enforcement and then end up with the children, but the requirement is still there for them to continue to make maintenance enforcement payments until they go back to court or file something with the courts to indicate that they now have custody of the children. I’m wondering if there’s another way that they can just work through the maintenance enforcement office instead of going back to court, because these people end up falling so far behind that their money is being garnisheed and they can’t afford a lawyer so they get caught in a catch-22 essentially. So they’re getting their money taken away, they’re keeping the kids at the same time, they can’t afford to go back to court. So can the Minister offer some solution for that? Thank you.
Tom Beaulieu on Committee Motion 39-16(5): Defer Consideration Of Health And Social Services Department Summary, Carried
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Committee Motion 39-16(5): Defer Consideration Of Health And Social Services Department Summary, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 28th, 2011
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