As well, Mr. Speaker, I have a return to an oral question asked by Mr. Miltenberger on June 21st, 2000, regarding the portion of the proposed hotel tax revenues that would come from government employees travelling on government business.

We have estimated that annual room revenues for hotels, motels, inns and bed and breakfasts in the Northwest Territories at about $25 million per year, The proposed five percent hotel tax is therefore expected to raise about $1.25 million per year in gross revenues.

Based on 1999-2000 financial information, which is not yet finalized, it is estimated that Government of the Northwest Territories staff on duty travel spent $1.5 to $2.0 million on hotel accommodations in the NWT. This means that six to eight percent of total room revenues in the Northwest Territories were accounted for by Government of the Northwest Territories employees. Therefore, $75,000 to $100,000 of the gross hotel room tax revenues would come from the Government of the Northwest Territories itself.