Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a return to oral question asked by Mrs. Marie-Jewell with respect to the purpose of licences to retailers.

Section 58(1) of the Liquor Act requires that all money received from licence fees are deposited to the credit of the Government of the Northwest Territories in a special account called the "liquor revolving fund." Subsection 58(2) states, "all other money derived from the administration shall be deposited in the consolidated revenue fund." The fact money received from licence fees are deposited to the consolidated revenue fund implies that at least part of the purpose of the fee is to raise government revenue.

The act empowers the Liquor Licensing Board to make regulations "prescribing the rights, privileges, conditions and obligations attaching to the licences" and also to fix the fees that are payable. Holding a liquor licence is a privilege, and is a privilege for which a licence fee must be paid.

There are many other privileges for which the government charges a fee. For example, there is a fee to register a vehicle and another fee to drive a vehicle. There is a fee for a hunting licence and a separate graduated fee for hunting tags. All of these fees produce revenues. Thank you.