Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess if I were to say that, then all over the North people would be throwing their tax filing notice into the garbage bin. I cannot say that. The notice goes out, it lists the value of the taxes that are attached to that property, and the arrears. At some point we're going to have to move on this. We're going to have to act. The government has been trying to work with them in the situation of those arrears. At one point we had sat back, because there was a court case that was going forward that may have affected the government's ability to collect on tax arrears with First Nations. That has now concluded. In fact, it has been proven, as a government, that we have the authority to collect those taxes. Now we have to work with the community and ensure that we come up with some arrangement that is workable. So our door is open to work out that arrangement. The arrears have to go out on an annual basis. We don't have a plan to go in there and clear out a bunch people and sell those properties, but we have to work with them. At some point somebody is going to have to act on that. In tax-based municipalities in this day, if somebody is in arrears, it's that community council that acts on that, not the GNWT. So at some point we're going to have to clear that up and hopefully we can work an arrangement out with the community. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 509-15(3): Outstanding Tax Arrears In Fort Resolution
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 2005. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 509-15(3): Outstanding Tax Arrears In Fort Resolution
Question 509-15(3): Outstanding Tax Arrears In Fort Resolution
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