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Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Mr. Lewis, Mr. Guy, Ms. Gault, welcome to the Chamber. Committee, we’ll open up to general comments. Mr. Bromley.
Thank you, Speaker. Mr. Ouellette, Ms. Langlois, welcome to the House. We’ll move to general comments. Mr. Bromley.
These statistics don’t match, and clearly, the tobacco tax revenue shortfall makes even less sense.
Let’s take a moment to summarize all this information today. First of all, when it comes to the data of smoking, Stats Canada reports different numbers than the GNWT. Why? Our Department of Health reports very little data on smoking and so much is left to the imagination. Why? Our actual tobacco tax collection, according to public accounts, is way off in the 2013 Main Estimates. Why? Finally, the smoking gun question I ask every session: Why does our Finance Minister continue to ignore the issue...
No, thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chair and Minister.
Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Campbell.
Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Deputy Minister Campbell.
Thank you. Page 13-39, information item, lease commitments – infrastructure. Any questions?
Thank you, Mr. Guy. Mr. Bromley, your time is up. If you need more, just let me know. General comments. Mr. Hawkins.
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Miltenberger.
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. For that we’ll go to Mr. Campbell.