Mr. Speaker, thank you and thank you to the Member for the question. Obviously, we are concerned about leakage from the economy. I have had a number of discussions with the chambers of commerce around the Northwest Territories. As the Members opposite know, we had a proposal we were taking to some stakeholders with regard to the elimination of the BIP and the reduction of corporate taxes. There are a number of goals here that we had set with the interest of becoming more and more competitive. We have recognized, Mr. Speaker, if we're going to develop macroeconomic policy and do it in a way that's adequate, we're going to need some horsepower and some people on the ground who can do some of this work. The Minister of Finance is developing a unit. I think it's this kind of work that needs to be done if we're going to set a policy framework that helps us stop this leakage and keep the business in the North. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 108-15(5): Economic Development And Migrant Workers
In the Legislative Assembly on October 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 108-15(5): Economic Development And Migrant Workers
Question 108-15(5): Economic Development And Migrant Workers
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 16th, 2006
Page 290
See context to find out what was said next.