Mr. Chairman, it will be over and above the money they receive on a per pound freight subsidy. That amount varies from fisherman to fisherman and it is only for the ones who are fishing off of Great Slave Lake. The program we are talking about is above that. It is a flat $150 per fisherman who has sold $500 worth of fish. Typically what happens under the $395,000, there is a holding figure. If it just lapses, it comes back to the government and just lapses. This year, we are taking some of that and using it to give them back rebates. The surplus in there is much smaller this year than it was last year.
Joe Handley on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 2001. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 1st, 2001
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