I want to thank the Minister for that. I've heard lots of references to what happened in the past by the feds. I don't really care what they did. They didn't do a good job, and it looks like we seem to be bound by that for some reason. In the current exploration licence, this exploration licence covers 175,000 hectares. In there, there's the ability to charge a rental, and the rental varied from $3 up to $8 per hectare. That means, at the end of the exploration licence, we're getting $1.4 million a year in terms of a rental for that exploration licence. That's the same amount the Minister is going to give away with the reduction in the small business tax. Here's a way to make up that revenue. Is the Minister going to impose a rental fee in the significant discovery licence equivalent to what's already in the exploration licence?
Kevin O'Reilly on Question 649-19(2): Husky Energy Significant Discovery License
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2021. See this statement in context.
Question 649-19(2): Husky Energy Significant Discovery License
Oral Questions
March 9th, 2021
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