Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If there is a trapper who wishes to get into the tourism business, for example, an outfitting business, our department would be prepared to assess with them the viability of such an operation. Also, to advise on things, I am not going to suggest trappers are traditionally seen as anti-social, but to be in the tourism business you need to know how to get along with people and how to treat tourists and what type of service to provide to them. Also, how to engage in it so you can maximize your effectiveness as the front line person promoting your business. Those are the types of things we can work with trappers who wish to get into the entrepreneur business, but also to receive counselling and ongoing support and once they get into the business, they do not find that the books they are supposed to keep, things like payroll tax, enumeration to workers' compensation and all this other bookkeeping does not bury them in the first or second year. We would be prepared to do things like that. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 280-13(5): Transition From Trapping To Tourism
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 280-13(5): Transition From Trapping To Tourism
Question 280-13(5): Transition From Trapping To Tourism
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 10th, 1998
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