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May 26, 1998
(Industry, Trade and Technology)


The following statement was issued today by Judy Foote, Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology. It was also read in the House of Assembly:

I have said from day one that our first priority since the closure of BPS Imaging Partnership is to see that the employees get paid for the work they have done. We have been working diligently to see this accomplished.

The discussions that NewTel and I have had over the past week indicate that money owing to the employees will be forthcoming from two sources, the company and from the sale of the assets. Because this is taking more time than either the employees or government would like, government has decided that if the money from the company is not forthcoming tomorrow, it will request of the employees that in return for them assigning their right of claim in this matter over to the government, government will flow the money owing to them and collect from the company and from the sale of assets.

The employees have waited long enough. This government has no intention of seeing them wait any longer.

1998 05 26 4:25 p.m.


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