Thank you, Madam Chair. Alright, springtime something is going to role out with the BIP. My next question is, I know the BIP is one of those government policies that seems to work for businesses, northern businesses in the larger urban centres of the NWT like Yellowknife and Hay River, Smith and Norman Wells and Inuvik. What about sort of not eradicating the BIP, but is there an appetite for this government to revisit the policy and make it applicable only to maybe smaller communities in the NWT, the more remote communities that only have one or two small businesses and maybe one development corporation and not much competition so the BIP really doesn't apply within the limits of the municipality itself, but it basically will apply for giving them an advantage over southern industries, which is what the intent of the BIP was developed for in the first place. So maybe the government has to take a two-tiered approach on how to change the BIP policy, or how to make some amendments to it. One being make some changes to the BIP policy itself with the small large communities being split on that policy and maybe one that will apply to one but not the other, and maybe give some small business tax breaks to small businesses in the larger centres where there are more small businesses and the tax breaks would be more appreciative. Is there any appetite to even look at that approach as opposed to whether to get rid of it or not and do something else or not? What about like a two-phased approach?
Robert Villeneuve on Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
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Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried
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