Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, newspaper reports in Alberta last week suggested that the Premier of Alberta is starting to feel pressure to lower tobacco taxes. Mr. Klein was quoted as saying that what is now becoming a problem is cigarettes coming from Quebec, Ontario and other jurisdictions where taxes are lower and that pressure is starting to mount to lower taxes. I would like to ask Mr. Pollard, I think the Minister of Finance assured us that there was a wall of western solidarity that had been achieved through Ministers of Finance. I would like to ask the Minister are there cracks and fractures in the western wall of tax solidarity on the tobacco issue? Thank you.
Dennis Patterson on Question 291-12(5): Western Solidarity On Tobacco Tax Issue
In the Legislative Assembly on March 15th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Question 291-12(5): Western Solidarity On Tobacco Tax Issue
Item 5: Oral Questions
March 14th, 1994
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
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