Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier in my Member's statement this afternoon on support for northern business, I said, I believe and I think most Members of this House believe, it is important to support northern business. Right now, we really only have our gut feelings to go by. So we have programs like the Business Incentive Policy and we have the Development Corporation and BCC, and we have loan guarantees. They are all funded because we think it is important to support northern business. Mr. Speaker, I have questions for both the Minister of Finance and the Minister of RWED. I'll start with the Minister of Finance. Has the Minister discussed with his staff developing a method to assess the net economic impact of government taxes and other economic measures like the BIP that some would call, perhaps, a macro economic tool. Has the Minister discussed developing that kind of tool?
Charles Dent on Question 230-14(6): Modelling The Effects Of GNWT Taxes And Incentives For Northern Business
In the Legislative Assembly on March 13th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Question 230-14(6): Modelling The Effects Of GNWT Taxes And Incentives For Northern Business
Item 7: Oral Questions
March 12th, 2003
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