Mr. Chairman, I will just comment to some of the main points I heard.
In terms of guarantees of what the future government might do with this tax, I cannot guarantee anything. All I can say is the Legislative Assemblies of the future are going to determine what the taxes are or are not going to be and that is the decision they will make. I cannot set up something that will give any kind of guarantees.
In terms of ideas for dollars to put into tourism, I am certainly open to any suggestions Members might have. I will take Mr. Bell up on his suggestion. If any Members have ideas of where we can get money to put into tourism without causing problems elsewhere, I am happy to hear those.
On the cost of administration, all I can tell you is in the Department of Finance, we have a total of eight people who administer all of our taxes. They administer all the taxes, do calls, enforcement and so on. That is personal income tax, corporate tax, tobacco tax, fuel tax, payroll tax, property tax, school tax, insurance tax, all the taxes. So adding this one more small tax on is not going to mean we need to add three or four more people or anything like that. Our estimate is the $100,000. It is not a big issue.
In terms of enforcement, we could spend an awful lot of money if we wanted to, chasing a few dollars that might slip through our hands. No doubt, as the Member says, there are people who cheat on their GST, who drive their cars without a license, who do all sorts of things. However, there is a limit to how much we can dedicate to enforcing, trying to get 100 percent compliance, because we will probably never reach it and we could spend an awful lot of money.
So I am not interested in having a bunch of tax police going around, checking to make sure that everybody is paying their money. I appreciate the Member's comments. We are listening to them. We will listen to what people out in the communities have to say. If there are other ways of getting money, I am open to it. Thank you.