Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, there are four types of land that I am aware of in communities. There is private, federal, government-owned, band lands, and Commissioner's land. So although the federal government may own some land, it is not necessarily band land. They only pay lieu of taxes if they are still in possession of the land. Not all land within municipalities, including small communities, is band land. There is both Commissioner's land and federal government land in there as well. If someone has a lease on federal government land, the federal government does not pay in lieu of taxes on that.
However, if the federal government owned that land, they will pay in lieu of taxes on that land.
I will commit to having a look into communities to see how much land is in fact being paid for in lieu of taxes by the federal government and produce this for the Member. Thank you.
