Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, committee. With that, I will ask Ms. Bisaro what is the wish of committee.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the Minister bringing forward the capital estimates for 2015-2016. Of course, I want to keep my comments as general as I can. I will base my dialogue on the presentation that I just had here.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Finance. In April 2014 the Fraser Institute published “Canadian Government Debt 2014 – A Guide to the Indebtedness of Canada and the Provinces.” Please provide the following data, according to the definitions of the Fraser Institute Report, for the 2013-2014 fiscal year:

NWT government liabilities for

total direct debt;

total debt guarantees;

total contingent liabilities and contractual commitments;

total program obligations; and

total government liabilities

consolidated government liabilities, per capita and as a percentage of GDP for

total...

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Minister Miltenberger.

What we’re hearing from the Minister today, if we compare this to last year’s public accounts, we’ve increased somewhat a number of our tax assessments from the previous year but this is translated, I believe, to a substantially larger assessment of dollars being recovered. Just my quick math here, showing about $2.7 million recovered, which is incredible.

Given these startling numbers, what measures are the Minister or the department prepared to change on how we deal with the self-reporting tax for both tobacco and fuel?

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Who likes tax audits? I clearly don’t and I can speak for many, as well; however, the need to validate compliance with tax laws is paramount, and unfortunately, a tax audit is such a measure of testing this effectiveness. I will be asking the Minister of Finance today questions pertaining to our two self-reporting tax categories of tobacco and fuel.

Tax assessments for tax law noncompliance are a critical measure for government performance and transparency.

Can the Minister of Finance share with the House how many tax audits were performed for both self-reporting tobacco...