Mr. Speaker, David Milgaard served 23 years in Canadian prisons for a murder he did not commit.
To compensate Milgaard for that terrible injustice, the Saskatchewan government has made interim payments of $350,000, which is to be deducted from the final settlement.
David Milgaard has waited nearly two years for the final settlement but the Saskatchewan government continues to drag its feet.
Forcing Mr. Milgaard to wait for the compensation due to him is just more injustice for a man who is already deeply scarred by a criminal justice system that went terribly wrong.
“Waiting for compensation”, says Milgaard, “is like another prison sentence”.
I urge and implore the Saskatchewan government to do the right thing, pay the compensation, close this issue once and for all and let David Milgaard get on with his life.