Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I acknowledge that the purpose of this bill was to provide protection from taxation for the lottery funds, but it turned into a different exercise, and that exercise was really about acknowledging the arts community's desire to have the access to the stable funding that the territorial sports organizations have as a result of lottery proceeds. Of course, this bill does not address that question, but I think it puts us all on notice that the arts community wants to have a strategy that lays out what they contribute to our wellbeing generally and economically and how we as a group of MLAs can help them to further their contributions in this area. I take that big public hearing we had and the written submissions in the back as notice that the arts need to be on the agenda for discussion. I think that has to be the next priority. Thank you.
Julie Green on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 2018. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
March 1st, 2018
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