David Ramsay
Statements in Debates
Debates of
, (day 12)
Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have so much to offer visitors to our territory such as hunting, fishing, aurora viewing, other outdoor activities, cultural events, festivals and a natural beauty that, Mr. Speaker, rivals anything on our planet. The budget process has concluded this week. I just wanted to mention to the other Members of this House that I do hope we, as a group, can soon set our priorities so that we can give this industry, the 800 jobs and the $50 million it adds to our economy, the attention that it rightly deserves. Thank you.
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Debates of
, (day 11)
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Minister, did you wish to comment?
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Detail, detail. Thank you.
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All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is defeated.
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Clause 2.
Debates of
, (day 11)
Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Minister.
Debates of
, (day 11)
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will keep this fairly brief, and I'll just go back to some comments that some other Members had in that it's only going to cost a box of doughnuts; $7.54 a year or whatever. In the Minister's opening remarks, he talks of the basic level of that tax bracket that you'll see an increase of $7.54. At the beginning of the upper tax bracket of $110,000, you'll see an increase of $227. Mr. Chairman, those numbers paint the rosiest picture possible. I've done the math on what the government is intending to raise, and if you do the math on that tax bracket; that first...
Debates of
, (day 11)
Thank you for clarifying that, Mr. Handley. To the motion. Ms. Lee.
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No, thank you, Madam Chairperson. It might be a good time for me to go in the chair actually. Thank you.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will start my comments. I have had a chance to be in the chair for awhile and my blood pressure came down a little bit and I had something to eat.
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I feel a lot better, Mr. Chairman. Once again, I would just like to reiterate a couple of things. The first one is the obligation that Members of this Assembly have to do what we can to deliver a balanced budget to the residents of the Northwest Territories. I also wanted to talk again a bit about the formula financing arrangement that we have with Ottawa and how I see that as a key inhibitor to any...