Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just want to ask the Minister of ITI, the Honourable Brendan Bell, a question on the Beverage Container Recovery Program. For example, a community like Lutselk'e where the food cost index is 75 percent higher than it is in Yellowknife, which is the base index of 100 percent, how will the Beverage Container Recovery Program be able to curb these extra expenses that the Co-op is going to have to hand down to the residents of the community who are not going to be able to stockpile all these extra containers and ship them by barge, winter road or skidoo, to a depot to get their money back? If they decide to put it on a plane, the freight charges alone for these empty beverage containers would surely outweigh the amount of the recovery. I am just wondering if this government considered any options for these smaller, remote communities without the depots replaced. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Robert Villeneuve on Question 205-15(4): Beverage Container Recovery Program
In the Legislative Assembly on October 20th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 205-15(4): Beverage Container Recovery Program
Revert To Item 7: Oral Questions
October 20th, 2005
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