Mr. Pollard.
Debates of Dec. 6th, 1993
Topics
Supplementary To Question 194-12(4): Status Of Payment Of Payroll Tax By Federal Government
Question 194-12(4): Status Of Payment Of Payroll Tax By Federal Government
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Further Return To Question 194-12(4): Status Of Payment Of Payroll Tax By Federal Government
Question 194-12(4): Status Of Payment Of Payroll Tax By Federal Government
Item 5: Oral Questions
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Speaker, we don't have the ability to do anything to the federal government and I have not asked the department to press any other charges against anybody else in the Northwest Territories. I prefer to try to work it out with these people, before we have to go to the law and ask people to comply in court. It's a new thing, there were some problems with people accepting it and I'm trying to be as understanding as possible, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 194-12(4): Status Of Payment Of Payroll Tax By Federal Government
Question 194-12(4): Status Of Payment Of Payroll Tax By Federal Government
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Whitford.
Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the same subject, to the Minister of Finance, the payroll tax came into effect on July 1, 1993, and as my friend, Mr. Koe, said there were several groups that, for one reason or another, are not deducting the payroll tax. It is the federal employees primarily. I think the Minister stated to the House, that the groups that were not paying the tax up until now, are having it deducted from their pay cheques. Can the Minister advise the House whether or not this is retroactive to July 1?
Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Minister Pollard.
Return To Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Item 5: Oral Questions
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Speaker, we have been advised that it would be retroactive. The federal government has indicated to us that it would be retroactive. Mr. Speaker, with regard to the NWT Federation of Labour, they have registered. Whether or not they will remit to us, we won't know. Because of it's size, the first time they would have to remit would be in January of next year. As I said, the Dene Nation has indicated that they would not be complying with the tax. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Return To Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Supplementary. Mr. Whitford.
Supplementary To Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Of all the subjects that have been controversial in the past year -- certainly here in Yellowknife -- the top of the list has been the payroll tax, for a variety of reasons, of course. Among the people who are critical of it are the people who are paying the biggest part of this tax. I recognize the fact that you get $650 dollars back, but there is a category of people who don't pay into this tax at all. Some of the people that fall into that particular category are people that earn a fairly substantial amount of money. I wonder if the Minister has taken steps to plug some of these loopholes that are currently being used by self-employed individuals, who will get the money back -- the $650 -- although they don't put in any. Is the Minister looking at closing some of those loopholes?
Supplementary To Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Mr. Pollard.
Further Return To Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Item 5: Oral Questions
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Speaker, I haven't managed to come up with the right size plug for the loophole, but I assure the Member through you, sir, that we are still working on the problem. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Question 195-12(4): Payroll Tax Retroactive To July 1, 1993
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Item 5, oral questions. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.
Question 196-12(4): Locations Of Units Sold Under Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
December 5th, 1993
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of DPW. Mr. Speaker, with regard to the sale of houses under the staff housing strategy, the Minister has provided information with respect to these units. I'd like to ask the Minister if it would be possible to receive not the details of the sale, but the location of these units, so I can somehow be able to develop my reply to the Commissioner's address on this issue.
Question 196-12(4): Locations Of Units Sold Under Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Mr. Morin.
Question 196-12(4): Locations Of Units Sold Under Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can I get clarification? Do you mean communities' addresses?
Question 196-12(4): Locations Of Units Sold Under Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Mrs. Marie-Jewell.
Question 196-12(4): Locations Of Units Sold Under Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes.
Question 196-12(4): Locations Of Units Sold Under Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Mr. Morin.
Return To Question 196-12(4): Locations Of Units Sold Under Staff Housing Strategy
Question 196-12(4): Locations Of Units Sold Under Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes.
Return To Question 196-12(4): Locations Of Units Sold Under Staff Housing Strategy
Question 196-12(4): Locations Of Units Sold Under Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Can I remind Members, if Members speak among yourselves, could you push the mute button in front of you? These microphones are super-sensitive and people who are watching television are picking up bits of the side conversations. I would ask Members, if they do want to have a chat amongst themselves, to make sure they use the mute button.
Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Gargan.
Question 197-12(4): Handling And Transportation Of Firearms
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to direct my question to the Minister of Justice with regard to the safe storage displays and handling and transportation of firearms that came into effect. All the things that aboriginal people do has to do with the transportation of firearms. It does mention snowmobiles and ATVs. It also mentions vehicles. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the Minister whether...I, myself, carry firearms in my vehicle that I display on a gun rack. The gun rack is still there, Mr. Speaker.
---Laughter
I would like to ask if, as an aboriginal person, I would be breaking the law by displaying them?
Question 197-12(4): Handling And Transportation Of Firearms
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Minister Kakfwi.
Question 197-12(4): Handling And Transportation Of Firearms
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Question 197-12(4): Handling And Transportation Of Firearms
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
The question has been taken as notice. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Antoine.
Question 198-12(4): Success Of Payroll Tax
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Finance with regard to the payroll tax. Last year, this payroll tax was created by this government. The idea was to collect taxes from companies that operate in the north and who have workers in the north and the south. Originally, they didn't pay taxes in the north and the idea was to try to capture tax dollars through a payroll tax. I would like to ask the Minister how successful this payroll tax has been? Has the payroll tax been able to do the things it was supposed to do? If he could tell the House, I would appreciate it, Mr. Speaker. Mahsi.
Question 198-12(4): Success Of Payroll Tax
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker
Mr. Pollard.