Thank you, Mr. Chair. We of course conduct property assessment pursuant to the Property Assessment and Taxation Act. The legislation sets out the classifications of properties that are subject to property assessment. One of the areas is recreational cabins. I can certainly appreciate the question from the Member. We have certainly heard that at the department level, of concerns raised by residents who are treaty status, who believe that they were exempt to taxation. Accordingly, we did work with the Department of Justice to seek interpretation of our legislation, and our understanding of the assertion of treaty rights is that, if a cabin is being used for the benefit of the whole community in that it is a community resource for hunting or fishing or sustenance purposes, certainly that would be something that would be exempt. The type of cabins that are being assessed right now are individual property owners' based on recreational leases, so, within the scope of the legislation, they fall within the area that we would assess, and, accordingly, we have continued to apply PATA in that regard. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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