Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question, Mr. Speaker, is to the Minister of Finance. The federal government imposes income tax on all people in Canada who are employed. The federal government imposes a GST tax on everyone when they purchase goods and services. The NWT government imposes a payroll tax on all people working in the Northwest Territories, so from that perspective, I was very pleased to see in the budget that the Minister has recognized that people in the North are paying sufficient amount of taxes and that he is not having any new taxes in this budget. In response to Mr. Picco regarding taxing fund raising activities of youth groups, such as bingo and so forth, the Minister unequivocally said that he would not consider that. As a means of generation, has the Minister considered the potential revenue that could be created by video lottery terminals? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Seamus Henry on Question 146-13(4): Video Lottery Terminals' Revenue
In the Legislative Assembly on January 28th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Question 146-13(4): Video Lottery Terminals' Revenue
Item 6: Oral Questions
January 27th, 1997
Page 236
Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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