I have a question on the payroll tax. I think the Minister knows my feelings about the payroll tax. As the Minister of Finance, I refused to put it in even though there was a request from the Standing Committee on Finance. But, nonetheless, it's here. I wonder, because of some of the irritants in the payroll tax, especially for small businesses, when the federal government said they're trying to move towards the harmonization of the tax system throughout Canada, is there any opportunity to do something to combine the payroll tax with some federal tax? Is there any way we can do something to lessen the actual paper work involved in administering this tax?
Michael Ballantyne on Bill 1: Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1994-95
In the Legislative Assembly on February 23rd, 1994. See this statement in context.
Bill 1: Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1994-95
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 22nd, 1994
Page 323
Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North
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