Thank you. The Chair thanks the Chairman of the government operations, Mr. Erasmus, for making the presentation. I would like to offer to the ministry, before we get into general comments and questions and so on, if you wish to bring in the witnesses before we consider the bill. Agreed?
Debates of May 28th, 1998
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The Chair John Ningark
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Proceed. Before we proceed with general comments, I would like to ask the Minister if you wish to introduce the witnesses to the committee. Thank you.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, on my immediate left is Denise Gangon, who is with the Justice Department and on my immediate right is Margaret Melhorn, who is the Deputy Minister of Finance.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you and welcome to the committee. We are dealing with Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, No. 2, and the floor is now open for general comments. Mr. Picco.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I think several times over the last two and a half years I had conversations with Mr. Todd and in the House itself, asked questions on some type of relief for low income families. I am very pleased that Mr. Todd and the government took a proactive stance on this issue and I think it is a singular incidence of good governance of the Northwest Territories during the 13th Session. As MLAs, our primary role is to pass legislation and I believe this is a good piece of legislation. I would have hoped for maybe a little higher family threshold of income so that more families could have benefited from the Child Tax Benefit, but I am in agreement and congratulate the Minister and his staff for bringing forward this piece of legislation that indicates a caring government. I guess it was not the case with some people in the first two years when the reductions and deficit reductions were in place. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, like Mr. Picco, I would like to express my compliments that this is coming about and that the initiative has been taken by both Minister Todd and Mr. Dent on this matter. Certainly, I think one of the interesting areas and beneficial areas is the redirection of some of the funding that is saved to the territorial government and it is used to reduce child poverty, reduce overlap, simplify administration and so forth as well and direct it to families in need. I want to pass on my compliments on this and I think it is a good bill as well. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. General comments from the floor. Clause by clause?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, No. 2, clause 1?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Clause 2. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Page nine. Clause 3. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Clause 4. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Page ten, Clause 5. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Clause 6. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Clause 7. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Page 11, Clause 8. Agreed?