Madam Chair, as I say, we are in discussion around a number of options and presumably these are the kinds of discussions we're going to have. If we make the conclusion that the BIP is no longer working or serving our needs, then if not the BIP, then what, and I think that's the discussion that we're going to have. I would say, though, that some of the feedback that I can give just maybe only anecdotally was that there's been some concern in our smaller communities about the application of BIP and the premiums that people would have to pay say for, I'll use the example of a housing package. If the BIP applies and somebody has to pay 15 or 20 percent more for a housing package in a small community, that may be a price that they don't feel they should rightly have to pay. So there are some questions or concerns around BIP application even in small communities. So I hesitate to suggest that we would look at it only for small communities at this point without knowing how small communities feel about the BIP and feel about how that might affect their costs. So I think we need to do and have a little more discussion in this area, but I appreciate the thought from the Member. I think what we need is more discussion and more brainstorming around this, because I am fairly convinced that what we have now doesn't work. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Brendan Bell on Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2006. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
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