Mr. Speaker, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask the Minister to put more discipline on this exercise. Mr. Speaker, we have been talking about cost of living for residents for many years now, throughout the time of this Assembly. One of the ways to reduce cost of living for people is to reduce the cost of doing business for small businesses. When it costs more to get a cup of coffee, get a hamburger, get a pizza, go out to eat or buy clothing, that all adds up to the cost of living. These taxes for the small businesses here are higher than our neighbours in Alberta or B.C. So why can he not look at a package that would help our small businesses? He's had about three years to deal with that. Could I get him to commit to bringing it to us in the next couple of months? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Sandy Lee on Question 368-15(4): Impact Of Tax Sharing Arrangement With Federal Government
In the Legislative Assembly on February 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 368-15(4): Impact Of Tax Sharing Arrangement With Federal Government
Question 368-15(4): Impact Of Tax Sharing Arrangement With Federal Government
Item 7: Oral Questions
February 8th, 2006
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