Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to see that the Minister of Justice sits today because his return to oral questions certainly puts my question into proper context. On October 30, 2003, an interesting bill called Bill C-48 was reviewed under the Natural Resources of Canada Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. The intent of the bill was to attract industry on private lands and further allow deductibles by industry on Crown lands, Mr. Speaker. So my question is to the Minister of Finance. Would he be willing to have his department do further studies to see if this form of taxation can be implemented in the Northwest Territories so that aboriginal groups or companies can use this type of taxation to invest into social and economic programs? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Roger Allen on Question 70-15(3): Self-government And Taxation
In the Legislative Assembly on March 24th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Question 70-15(3): Self-government And Taxation
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 23rd, 2004
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