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I think the issue of a retroactive adjustment on pension costing taxpayers $ 1.5 million dollars is unreasonable , particularly in light of the fact that these pension plans are already amongst the most generous in all of Manitoba , and to treat the compensation adjustment at the same level as was provided to other people that derive their compensation from the taxpayers of Manitoba , which is an adjustment of 2.3 percent , which is what we provided other people receiving compensation back in September 1993 , when judges did not receive an adjustment , is a reasonable and fair thing to do . Now , if the minister wishes to amend The Labour Relations Act to allow for stiffer fines for failure to comply , I told him already that we are prepared to entertain that notion , but I do not think you need to use a sledgehammer to kill a fly as you are attempting to do in this case . This will prevent the last collective agreement from taking precedent , and this is the issue that I referenced in the opening comments with my attempt to delete the temporary terms and conditions definition at the front of this bill , because what this bill will do , will allow the government to set the temporary terms and conditions , which is pay and benefits , for employees who are required to work under the essential services agreement and does not spell out that it is the provisions of the last collective agreement that should be in force and in effect until such time as it is superseded by another agreement that would be imposed or negotiated . I support the motion for an additional reason , besides what the minister has stated and what Mr. Benson stated in his dissenting report , and that is at some point in a jurisdiction like Manitoba where you are going to increase the rate of remuneration paid to anybody , even an independent judiciary , to a degree which is perceived to be unfair and out of step with other players and essential players in a democracy , whether it be professors who claim , and rightly so , academic freedom , whether it be teachers who claim they need respect and they need a sense of worth to be able to teach properly , all of these being fundamental parts of democracy , but if you are out of step with what is perceived generally to be fair , you can bring disrepute on the very institution and the very freedom that you stand for. Postmodern is a definition-by-negation , which is rarely a good idea : consider the example of those atheists who devote their lives to combating a nonexistent god . The government forgets , I think , that it is the most common litigant , often the most vigorous litigant , in cases before the Provincial Court , a court that hears about 90 percent of the cases in this province . Aside from the fact that justice is now defined on an ad hoc basis , there is the ominous reality that the rule of law is central to the practice of democracy . Kalamazoo College , for example , has a special " career development internship " program which is an integral part of its education . They own the property , but a woman claiming to be the wife of George Roden has built a shack outside the entrance and lives there , trying to collect donations " for the Branch Davidians " from the dozens of tourists who come by every week ( which the Branch Davidians never receive ) .