Mr. Speaker, just for clarity, if we introduce a new tax, the federal government cannot claw it back. So if we introduce, for example, a new hotel tax, it will not be clawed back during this financing agreement with the federal government. If we increase an existing tax, then that is subject to claw back. So it would not matter if we called it a hotel toll or a hotel tax, it would not be clawed back for the life of this agreement. What happens in the next agreement, of course, is dependent on our success in negotiations. So calling it a toll would not change anything. The proposed hotel tax will not be clawed back either during the life of this agreement. Thank you.
Joe Handley on Question 347-14(3): Highway User Toll
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2001. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 347-14(3): Highway User Toll
Question 347-14(3): Highway User Toll
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 19th, 2001
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