Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wanted to go back to an area which I was asking about in the House yesterday. It dealt with the services which the RCMP provide when it comes to administering the firearm acquisition certificate program. There seems to be an unwritten policy which the RCMP dictate to our government, or to the population, that we must not pay for these firearm acquisition certificates with cash, they must pay with cheque or money order. Although I asked the question yesterday, when I reflect back on it, I still have not received an answer which would stop me from wondering why they are doing this in this one program. As I said yesterday, is this the thin tip of the wedge which escalates into only having cash in the banks. You will not be able to carry it around and use it to buy products or services. Some of us do not like to use cheques or money orders. Some of us still want to pay in cash. If I wanted to go and get my firearms acquisition certificate and I have a nice crisp $50 bill, I want to use that. However, I would be told that I could not do it and that I would have to get a certified cheque, which would cost me $2.50, or as high as $7 in some cases, or a money order. I have to trudge down and get the bank draft. Who are we serving here? Is this a policy which was established in the north only because, as the Minister had pointed out yesterday, the RCMP do not like to have cash in the detachment? Is this practised in other provinces and territory, or is this something which was established here for some reasons other than the fact that they do not like have cash in the detachment?
Tony Whitford on Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 1993. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 1st, 1993
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