The two men have denied any wrongdoing and call the allegations in the Plecas Report "completely false and untrue." In the report, Plecas has many concerns about the retirement allowance:James was first hired at the legislature in February of 1987 as clerk of committees, two months before the retirement allowance program ended. That would make the lump sum payment retirement double dipping. Although the retirement allowance was intended to be payable on retirement. The lump sum payment was addressed in anonymous terms in a 2013 Auditor General Report as "unusual compensation arrangements."

Source: CBC News January 22, 2019 20:48 UTC