Daryl Dolynny

We’re in agreement mode here today, that’s great. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber. Thank you.

As per committee wishes, we will turn our attention now to the Minister of Finance for his opening comments. Minister of Finance.

It’s a pretty impressive number there. I appreciate it. My second part of that question is more of a distribution question between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal. Trapping in itself traditionally is considered an Aboriginal program, but we know quite well that there are non-Aboriginals who partake. I just want to get an idea of what is the uptake that we’re seeing in the school systems in retrospect.

I’m going to change gears here under grants and contributions. Under grants and contributions, I know there is a mining tax credit that is administered. Who administers that tax credit? Thank you.

Thank you, committee. I’d like to thank our witnesses here, Ms. Magrum, Mr. Vician and Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Ramsay.

So, just so we’re clear, we will have a report done in this fiscal year. Thank you.

So if I can get this correctly, we are going to be working with the stakeholders to create the premium brand or at least promote the premium brand. Do we have any framework, foundation, guidelines, that the government is using currently for once the money starts flowing in, or is this something that we might see in the latter part of this fiscal year? Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. We’ll just check with the Clerk’s staff.

I just checked with the Clerk’s staff and there’s nothing reported, so we don’t need to include it, but I appreciate the Minister’s vigilance.

Page 12-7, Industry, Tourism and Investment, department summary, operations expenditure summary, $67.541 million. Agreed?

Thank you. Continuing on with my questions on this page regarding the sport hunt outfitter marketing support, the $300,000, this is a repeat from last year. Given what I know about in the industry, we know that the sport hunting outfitters are literally on life support. This $300,000, albeit it’s nice to see that we are able to help them diversify, clearly I don’t believe it will help them stay afloat much longer. What are the long-term plans that we can do for the sport hunting outfitters? Thank you.

Okay. Mr. Chair, I move that this committee strongly recommends that the Department of Finance take the steps necessary to create a stabilization fund for taxation revenues to counter the uncertainty of tax revenue forecasting and subsequent impacts on fiscal planning.

I would assume these are referring to trademark type dollars and enhancing the brand. If and when that money does come in as a revenue item for ITI, is the intent still that this money be used 100 percent to reinforce that trademark?