Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Welcome back. Welcome back from the holidays. Mr. Speaker, for the past few weeks, while home in Iqaluit, I have had several constituents contact my office on concerns with income tax and our friend, Revenue Canada.

Mr. Speaker, the concern here is that the letters and requests from Revenue Canada are often sent to unilingual residents, who then have to find someone to interpret the letters or notices. Needless to say, Mr. Speaker, that at the best of times, Revenue Canada letters can be intimidating and hard to decipher. This has resulted in some of my constituents having to pay back several thousands of dollars in income tax.

Also, Mr. Speaker, many unilingual people and others, do not have the facility to fill out these forms and to make sure that they are done correctly. Recently, I have had some constituents not receive GST refunds or child tax monies because of the system in place. Mr. Speaker, I know that this is not a new issue, but as a government we have the responsibility to ensure that our residents, the people of the Northwest Territories, are given every assistance to help them in this area. Later today, I will be asking the appropriate Minister what type of logistical assistance we will be offering to the people who will need help with filling out the forms, and how we can assist the many residents of the Northwest Territories, who may not have filed forms, because of any number of reasons as mentioned.

Mr. Speaker, this is of course beneficial to the Northwest Territories because we might be missing out on needed income tax dollars, as well as possible refund checks, which would be in circulation, helping stimulate our economy. In the smaller communities, people do not have access to H & R Block or other professional tax filers. Maybe, Mr. Speaker, with the advent of e-mail and electronic filing, this might help these residents. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.