Floyd Roland

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 10, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2004-2005, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as many have said, it would be easy to sit and vote on it when the call for a vote came up. This is something that I go back to before we elected Members to the Executive Council. It is about your word, Mr. Speaker. It is about when we first meet each other around this table, some of us may know a little bit about each other, especially those who have been in this arena before. Others, we come here and all we know is a name or somebody else telling us about an individual. When we cast that vote we hope to have the opportunity to speak to the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that Bill 11, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2004-2005, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that Bill 9, Write-off of Assets and Debts Act, 2004, be read for the first time. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to outline the steps being taken by the Department of Public Works and Services with respect to the Samuel Hearne Secondary School in Inuvik.

First of all, let me state my appreciation for the combined efforts of those involved, which has resulted in getting students back to class.

Although the classroom portion of the school is back in operation, a great deal needs to be done. Much of the repair work is only temporary. More permanent solutions are required. The foyer and gymnasium remain unusable, and options are being considered to restore...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 6, An Act to Amend the Payroll Tax Act, 1993 and the Income Tax Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There would be a number of factors we would have to take into consideration and look at what specific point of time we would be looking at. For example if we used a total labour income over a 31-year span of looking at all the development, that’s the building of the pipeline, the continuation of running that operation as well as our mining operations, we would look into the area of $2.5 billion being raised totally for income. You break that down into an annual income ranging of about $9 million to about $561 million, again that being total labour income. The...

Thank you, Madam Chair. To my immediate right is the deputy minister of the Department of Finance, Ms. Margaret Melhorn; to my immediate left is Ms. Rebecca Veinott from the Department of Justice; and, further to my right is Mr. Gerry Gagnon, manager of tax policy. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I do have some comments on Bill 6, An Act to Amend the Payroll Tax Act, 1993 and the Income Tax Act.

Thank you for the opportunity to present Bill 6, the government’s proposed changes to the Payroll Tax Act, 1993 and the Income Tax Act.

In my budget address, I proposed an increase to the payroll tax rate from one percent to two percent effective January 1, 2005. To minimize the negative impacts of this change on lower income NWT residents, I also proposed that the personal income tax rate for the lowest bracket be decreased from 7.2 percent to 5.9 percent and the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, May 31, 2004, I will move that Bill 10, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2004-05, be read for the first time.