Thank you, Madam Chair. On the issue of the grandfather clause, with the joint committee there was no consensus and in the tried and true history of a good committee it was recommended that they study it some more. My Solomon-like decision, given I suppose the difficult nature of the issue, is the Minister going to be looking at any kind of serious revisions there? There has been some strong concerns voiced by myself and others on this issue of multi-nationals with billion dollar profits being covered under this clause. I am also concerned about companies that say they are northern but, in fact, they hire most of their truck drivers, whatever, from the south where there is the intent of the BIP and the reality of the BIP seem to be considerably different and I think that is an issue that has to be addressed and if the Minister could respond how we could stand up and tell small communities and very small businesses that yes, the CIBC is a good northern, small business because Lord knows, they need every advantage they could get because probably a billion dollars is not enough. They probably would like a billion, two or something. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 10th, 1997
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