Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question today for the Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs. Mr. Speaker, there are a number of national charities which benefit the Northwest Territories. One such charity is the Canadian Cancer Society, the Northwest Territories-Alberta division. It has joined together to run a charitable lottery to raise funds for cancer research, education and treatment.
It is a big lottery, Mr. Speaker. There are about $5 million in prizes and the total revenue is a projected $11 million. In the Northwest Territories, we charge a percentage of the take as a lottery licence fee. That means for this particular lottery to benefit cancer, our fee would be $360,000. Needless to say, we are not getting this lottery operating in the Northwest Territories and we are not getting the benefit from this very legitimate project.
Circumstances and situations have changed considerably since the Lotteries Act was developed in 1990. I would like to ask the Minister the following question, would the Minister undertake a review of the Lotteries Act and regulations to determine if lotteries such as this can be permitted more economically to sell tickets in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.