Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s not my intention to break the promise of the Finance Minister when he says he’s holding the line on taxes, so he should be assured that I’m not trying to trip him up on that promise to the people of the NWT. Mr. Speaker, would the Minister of Finance be willing to come to a meeting, if I was able to arrange it, with the Hotel Association and even some municipality officials on this particular issue about creating the hotel tax initiative? That money could be targeted at the tourism industry, an industry that could use more money to help bring new dollars into our economy, which is a very important base to our overall strength of our northern business. Thank you.
Robert Hawkins on Question 518-16(5): Territorial Hotel Tax
In the Legislative Assembly on February 23rd, 2011. See this statement in context.
Question 518-16(5): Territorial Hotel Tax
Oral Questions
February 22nd, 2011
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