Mr. Speaker, like many of our programs, whether it is the fur pricing program or the commercial fishers freight subsidy or even our forest firefighting program, we have in our budget holding figures. In the case of the fishermen, I believe we have a figure of $395,000. We pay fishermen from that on a per pound basis. I believe that it is 15 cents per pound as a subsidy to get their fish off the lake. In some years, we use that $395,000 and other years we do not. In those cases that we do not use it, it lapses and goes back to the government. This year, we have not used it all. So rather then lapsing that money, I am taking part of that money and putting it back to the fishermen as a fuel subsidy. Thank you.
Joe Handley on Question 438-14(3): Fuel Rebate Inequities
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 2001. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 438-14(3): Fuel Rebate Inequities
Question 438-14(3): Fuel Rebate Inequities
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 1st, 2001
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