Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce Renald Chiasson. He's a constituent of Yellowknife Centre, and he's been serving us as a Page for the last few weeks. I'd like to thank him for being here and to thank all the pages for their work. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my first question concerns page 130. The actual amount of personal income tax or the revised estimate of income tax for the current fiscal year is about --

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I recognize that the legislation hasn't been passed yet. Does the Minister have an estimate of how much money is required to start up cannabis sales? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to Mr. Stewart for that response. What I hear is that he has a lot of confidence that all of the tax owing is in fact tax paid in these two taxes. Can he please confirm that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I see that the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link is listed separately underneath, so what the Minister is saying is that these corporate and administration costs relate directly to that fibre line and not to anything else; is that correct? Thank you.

Thank you to the Minister for that response. When did the GNWT last audit each of these taxes? Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you for that response. It is true that it is more widely available, but the point I am making is that this family of four, which this living wage calculation was based on, had an income of $92,000 so they did not qualify for the NWT Child Benefit, and I am sure any of us sitting here can appreciate that $92,000 annual income for a family of four is not a fortune. What I am asking is whether the Department of Finance can provide an estimate of the cost of raising the threshold to $100,000 so that we can consider what that will cost? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate Mr. Stewart's response. Does he have any example of tax avoidance as he referenced in his answer? Is he talking about, for example, investments in RRSPs or something other? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Vanthuyne canvassed my questions.

Thank you very much for your responses. I have nothing further.