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I have already explained to all of you why I think that is unreasonable , unfair and obviously an added significant cost to the taxpayers of Manitoba where individuals going back prior to 1992 who accepted these positions under certain arrangements knowing what the compensation was , knowing what the pension was at that particular point in time . The leading lawsuit is probably that entered in August 1994 by former Attorney General Ramsey Clark on behalf of " the surviving members of the General Association of the Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventists " for $ 900,000,000 for wrongful death , property damage , and other harms . I am not sure where it is written down , but I can remember a fair number of Halloweens standing in my snowmobile suit and boots while my kids banged on doors , shivering , high on chocolate , and that was about the only thing that was keeping them going . Mr. Reid : Mr. Chairperson , once again , I think that if the government was not wanting to financially penalize the labour organization , and in particular smaller bargaining units , that the cost that the minister is proposing that will be borne now by the employer and employee representatives for mediation services would be an onerous expense for a small bargaining unit , and they would not , in many cases , be able to sustain this cost . In response to defense attornies ' contentions that the determination of whether the weapons involved were enhanced was a matter of fact to be determined by the jury , the court disagreed , announcing that " the type of weapon is not an element of the offense . What we are talking about is taking a plan that is currently in effect from July 1 , 1992 , and applying it retroactively to all of the judges that currently sit at the bench , and that is the cost of $ 1.5 million that I refer to . Countries have changed their shape and texture and governments in ways that no one could possibly have foreseen . In one case a person was found guilty of this offense when the firearm was located " in a zippered bag in a second-floor closet .