Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. The Beverage Container Program has, by most accounts, been a real hit. I say that in a positive sense, around the territory. It's something that I was a supporter of on the idea of getting something off the ground for it. I was also, Mr. Chairman, a critic of the one aspect of the implementation of this program in that there are a number of communities, as we neared the implementation date which I believe was the 1st of August, was it, or 1st of September, that did not have depots or a way by which consumers could recover their deposit fees, but yet, Mr. Chairman, we were going to go ahead and continue to charge these people. So there was an element in there of unfairness, especially in the smallest communities where because of our administrative problems we weren't going to be able to refund the money but we were going to continue taking it from people. I wanted to ask, Mr. Chairman, how have we done on establishing mechanisms, by whatever means, in every community in the NWT so that people have a chance to recover their beverage container fee, Mr. Chairman.
Bill Braden on Committee Motion 27-15(4): Recommendation To Delete $491,000 From Department Of Finance, Fiscal Policy, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on February 23rd, 2006. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 27-15(4): Recommendation To Delete $491,000 From Department Of Finance, Fiscal Policy, Defeated
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 23rd, 2006
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