Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Ootes.
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Further Return To Question 56-13(5): Ministers' Meeting With Royal Oak Mines
Question 56-13(5): Ministers' Meeting With Royal Oak Mines
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Supplementary To Question 56-13(5): Ministers' Meeting With Royal Oak Mines
Question 56-13(5): Ministers' Meeting With Royal Oak Mines
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you. Now, additionally the federal government has assisted mining industries in the south. I believe, and I am using a hypothetical figure because I have not been able to confirm it. They have provided a $150 million to industries in northern Ontario, I believe it was, to mining industries to update and modernize their plants. In that case the federal government receives no royalty return because it presumably goes to the provinces. Here in the territories they get all their royalty returns. Will the Minister address that particular question to the DIAND Minister to ask for dollars and assistance to update our mining industry and make them more sustainable for the long run? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 56-13(5): Ministers' Meeting With Royal Oak Mines
Question 56-13(5): Ministers' Meeting With Royal Oak Mines
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Kakfwi.
Further Return To Question 56-13(5): Ministers' Meeting With Royal Oak Mines
Question 56-13(5): Ministers' Meeting With Royal Oak Mines
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Speaker, the discussions and suggestions that we made to the Minister this morning did not include that particular element. Although since the Member has raised it, we will consider the suggestion. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 56-13(5): Ministers' Meeting With Royal Oak Mines
Question 56-13(5): Ministers' Meeting With Royal Oak Mines
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Picco.
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question for the Minister of Finance concerns the payroll tax. My question, Mr. Speaker is who informs businesses about the requirement of the collection of the payroll tax?
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Minister of Finance, Mr. Todd.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
I do not know the actual name of the person that does that, but the GNWT informs the businessmen.
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Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.
Supplementary To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thought the Minister knew every person in his department. Of course, I was not talking about the person who collects. I was talking about the people who are in charge of the collection of the tax and maybe the Minister now knowing I am not after the identity, I am after the requirement, who informs the businesses of the requirement of the payroll tax?
Supplementary To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Todd.
Further Return To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Well, I believe it is the Department of Finance.
Further Return To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.
Supplementary To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. How does the Department of Finance inform businesses of the collection of payroll taxes?
Supplementary To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Todd.
Further Return To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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John Todd Keewatin Central
I do not have the actual details of how we go about it. Whether we send them a letter or phone them or faxes. I will look into it and get back to my colleague.
Further Return To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Picco.
Supplementary To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Maybe its by carrier pigeon. Mr. Speaker, it is a legitimate question and I am not asking it flippantly. Mr. Speaker, I have had a concern and request from some of the businesses in my community and my riding who at the end of the fiscal year have found out that indeed they had not been remitting a payroll tax because they were not informed at the beginning. Those are new companies that have set up in my community. So my question to the Minister is, for those types of businesses, how
do they find out about the payroll tax? Do they get it when they file their Workers' Compensation Board licence, for example? Do they get it when they apply for their business licence in the community? Do they get it upon their incorporation in the Northwest Territories? It is a simple question.
Supplementary To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Todd.
Further Return To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Frankly, Mr. Speaker, I thought I had given my honourable colleague a simple answer. In other words, I would ask my deputy minister and advise the House. I do not know what he is talking about these pigeons and doves.
Further Return To Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
Question 57-13(5): GNWT Payroll Tax
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Mr. Krutko. You did get your final. Mr. Krutko
Question 58-13(5): NWT Health Concerns
Item 6: Oral Questions
January 20th, 1998
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Deputy Premier, Mr. Goo Arlooktoo. It is in regard to the health care crisis that we find ourselves in, in the Northwest Territories. I would like to ask the Deputy Premier if he has discussed the issue in regard to the resignation of the Minister of Health and Social Services in light of the request by KIA and NTI?
Question 58-13(5): NWT Health Concerns
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Deputy Premier. Mr. Arlooktoo.
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am aware, through news reports that there were calls for the resignation of the Minister, but there are calls for the resignation of Ministers all the time. I must have been asked to resign several times and so have other Ministers
--Laughter
and to tell you the truth in listening to Members and others speak about it and raising questions and in talking to the Minister of Health and Social Services, I really believe that the Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng, has done an excellent job in dealing with a very difficult situation and the government has all the confidence in his abilities in the way he has handled the situation. Thank you.
Return To Question 58-13(5): Nwt Health Concerns
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.