Thanks, Mr. Chair. I do support this bill because it does three things. It provides that pension credits can only be claimed in the Northwest Territories by Northwest Territories residents. It also allows a pension and dividend credits to be claimed by NWT residents with business income earned outside of the Northwest Territories. So I support it because it will help accomplish those things, and I think those have a clear public purpose. The other thing that it does provide is a mechanism for a cost-of-living offset benefit related to something that shall not be named, so I do support this. I do have some difficulty with it in that the actual benefit in the cost-of-living offset will be set by the future Minister, by regulation, without any public input, necessarily, or even input from this side of the House, so part of a bigger plan. I had preferred that there would have been more input from committee and Regular MLAs in designing that plan, but that is not the case. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Kevin O'Reilly on Committee Motion 195-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Substitution of Schedule, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on August 19th, 2019. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 195-18(3): Bill 42: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products Tax Act - Substitution of Schedule, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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