Social Services Committee — Department of Justice, in a financial aspect? You know, what happens to a family, for reasons - very straightforward, I guess - who cannot afford the proper legal assistance that they need to combat what they feel is an injustice from a financial aspect? MR. PARSONS: We do not have a general policy as to whether you would or would not appoint counsel for anyone who has an inquiry. I am sure you are aware of the shooting in Catalina, for example. In that particular case, Simon, Dr. Avis, did recommend that there be a judicial inquiry. We ordered a judicial inquiry and we sought the advice of the judge as to whether government ought to fund the family solicitor in that particular case. Judge Luther, who is the Chief Judge of the Provincial Court, indeed came back and said that he would recommend, because it was a matter of public interest in the case of that particular shooting, where the police were involved, that we should fund it. So, government did make a decision to fund the legal counsel for the inquiry in both the Catalina shooting as well as the Power situation with the RNC in Corner Brook. There is no general policy. You generally look at each particular fact situation and decide, based upon the merits of it, whether or not legal counsel would be provided by government. As you are aware, the Careen situation was before these latest two took place. MR. MANNING: Is the Chief Medical Examiner of the Province answerable to you as minister? MR. PARSONS: He files his annual reports through here and, as you see from the funding here, he gets his funding through the Department of Justice, but he operates totally independently in terms of what he is authorized to do. There is a separate piece of legislation which outlines what his authorities are and what he is required to do. He does report to, but he certainly does not take direction from. He is a medical examiner who is entrusted to make his own medical judgments. MR. MANNING: The medica