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- The Bloc Québécois made a written application on April 5, 2005 for:
- A change from Intervenor status to full Party status; and
- additional funding as a result
- The Commissioner rejected the applicant's motion for a change from Intervenor to Party status. However he makes a recommendation to the Treasury Board to amend the previous ruling of July 19, 2004, to take effect as and from April 6, 2005, as follows:
- Change a) to read:
- funding is recommended for one junior and one senior lawyer. The junior lawyer will work under the supervision of the senior lawyer who will perform the bulk of the work, make decisions and present closing submissions to the Inquiry;
- Item b) remains unchanged:
- funding is recommended for pre-hearing preparation limited to 40 hours of work for each lawyer, and for suggestions from time to time to Commission counsel and related representatives limited to 40 hours of work by the senior lawyer;
- Change c) to read:
- funding is recommended for the review of daily transcripts and documents limited to three hours per day for the junior lawyer or one hour per day for the senior lawyer; in the alternative funding is recommended for one legal counsel to prepare and attend the hearings to a limit of 8 hours per day;
- Change d) to read:
- funding is recommended for necessary expenses and travel;
- Item e) remains unchanged:
- funding is recommended for the preparation and presentation of closing submissions limited to 30 hours for each lawyer.
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John H. Gomery, Commissioner
Dated April 6, 2005 |
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