Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a question I would like to direct to the Minister of Finance, and it relates to the tobacco tax. I am intrigued by the suggestion that the Minister made some time ago that any imported cigarettes into the Northwest Territories would be self-declared; that is, the individuals importing them from a province that doesn't have a high tax will simply phone up to the Department of Finance and declare that they have these cigarettes and ask how much they have to pay. I would like to ask the Minister whether his department is able to track this kind of information so he can provide myself and the House with the numbers of people who are phoning in and if they have established a new phone system so that they can cope with the numbers. Is there a system in place by which they can actually track this kind of information?
Question 295-12(5): Procedures For Tracking Imported Tobacco
In the Legislative Assembly on March 15th, 1994. See this topic in context.
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Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard.
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John Pollard Hay River
Madam Speaker, the phone line in the office has been sort of like the Maytag repair shop. The phone hasn't been ringing, Madam Speaker.
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In the new legislation that we will be bringing forward, hopefully, Madam Speaker, there will be a requirement in there similar to the Liquor Act, that if you are going to import a case of cigarettes or a number of cigarettes or tobacco from outside of the Northwest Territories then you would seek a permit to get it imported into the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
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Question 295-12(5): Procedures For Tracking Imported Tobacco
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Iqaluit, Mr. Patterson.