As much as I know the Minister of Finance would like to got this approved quickly, I have a few comments. In the Department of Finance, under the operation and maintenance revenues, we still have an item that has been outstanding for a while and is still the subject of some considerable debate, the payroll tax. There is a revenue item, on page 4-17, of $8.2 million. We are all aware that the proposed Payroll Tax Act has had first reading and has not gone any further and that the Standing Committee on Finance made a report and did not support the Payroll Tax Act as it existed in its present form. if that is the case and events unfold as they should, how is the Minister going to be dealing with this item in this budget if the Payroll Tax Act is not approved?
Fred Koe on Committee Motion 72-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 8
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 1993. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 72-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 8
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 21st, 1993
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Fred Koe Inuvik
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