Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We did look at a number of tax revenue options and fee options. We've gone forward with a number of them in this budget so that we can have revenue come to this government during this upcoming fiscal year. The areas of the cigarette and alcohol taxes and fees were looked at. We are highest already, for example, on the cigarette taxes compared to other jurisdictions right now. We are also amongst the highest in the alcohol products markups for the Government of the Northwest Territories. So those were not looked at as areas of increases. They were increased in two previous years. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 31-15(3): Raising Revenues Through The Sin Tax
In the Legislative Assembly on March 18th, 2004. See this statement in context.
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