Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if I may draw your attention to page 4 of the budget address, there's a quote in there that says current projections show this virtually unchanged at $70 million. That refers to our deficit. Now it also points out, going a little further into the quote, it says, from the Finance Minister yesterday, we project a $46 million operating deficit for 2004-2005 and that was with some very classy intervention with raising some taxes, creating some revenues, finding some money. But the obvious question that has caused me some concern is, has the Finance Minister considered looking at any avenues other than the bread-and-butter basics of what people have to call their personal income. The personal income, being the pay cheque, is the only main source that people can have for getting money. So did the Finance Minister consider raising revenues through the sin tax?
Robert Hawkins on Question 31-15(3): Raising Revenues Through The Sin Tax
In the Legislative Assembly on March 18th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Question 31-15(3): Raising Revenues Through The Sin Tax
Item 7: Oral Questions
March 17th, 2004
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