Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can think of no jurisdiction that would not be in favour of doing away with this tax. Obviously the federal government is the concern here at this point. The Member indicated the amount of potential revenue loss to the federal government. We think that would be more than offset by the creation of jobs and potentially by the people who don't report coming back from other countries and don't submit the taxes that are lost to the federal government. So industry is behind doing away with this, and all of the provinces and territories are. It is a matter of impressing this on the federal government and having them sort of cede to the wishes of everybody in jewellery. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 387-15(3): Support For Jewellery Excise Tax Removal
In the Legislative Assembly on February 15th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 387-15(3): Support For Jewellery Excise Tax Removal
Question 387-15(3): Support For Jewellery Excise Tax Removal
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 14th, 2005
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