Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I forgot to mention when I was on my first round that I am supportive, obviously, to the decrease of 11.5 percent of the corporate tax rate. I listened to some of my colleagues speak and it brought a few other things to mind. At first I would like to say this, at least there is a chance now with the change in government in Ottawa to get some surety. I know some of my colleagues have said governments come and go, but we were under the same regime in Ottawa for 13 years and how, on God's green earth, did they come up with a formula financing arrangement that's completely backwards? I would have to go so far as to suggest the former Finance Minister must have cut that arrangement out of the back of a cereal box or something, because it's completely absurd that we were forced to live under that arrangement; completely absurd. It's totally backwards. Like I say, we just take it, accept it, that's the way it is. Thankfully there's a change in government in Ottawa and at least now, we will have at least some kind of fighting chance with the new Finance Minister because the one before him, who knows what they did with this tax. They were taking tax money from us. What were they using that tax money for? Somebody should launch an investigation into where that money went. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
David Ramsay on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 27th, 2006
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