Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I ran out of time just after getting into the fuel tax issue with the Minister and I asked him earlier if he would consider implementing a per litre tax that was equal to the Yukon or Nunavut as opposed to what we now have. He said, at the time, that because of our deficit situation, he did not feel it was right to commit to lower taxes equal to those in the Yukon or Nunavut. In the media over the past few days, and in responses to Members just recently in this House, since our exchange earlier, I have heard him talking about the possibility of cutting personal and corporate taxes because of cuts in Ontario and Alberta. Why would we consider cutting taxes because Alberta and Ontario have lower taxes than we do, but not because Nunavut and the Yukon have lower taxes than we do?
Charles Dent on Human Resources
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Human Resources
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
July 6th, 2000
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