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Thank you, Madam Chair, for allowing me to make a few additional comments and ask a couple of questions. I, like Mr. Delorey, hate taxes as well. I believe most people do hate taxes. It’s not a nice thing to have to do and I believe, Madam Chair, that it’s the last thing a government should have to do is to go back to businesses and individuals and try to find money that in my estimation the last government misspent, and this government is misspending.

I go back to February 13th, Madam Chairperson, when we were talking about some specific revenue options that this government was proposing, and...

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Thank you, Mr. Braden. Any other comments? Mr. Hawkins.

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Does the committee agree?

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Mr. Minister, for your reply. I wanted to ask, Mr. Speaker, if the Minister could provide that information in terms of what is being contracted out. There is some confusion in terms of what the funding for these vacant positions is used for and, Mr. Speaker, if that money is used for contracting out, then I would like to see the Minister give this House some indication on when he may be able to get back to us in terms of folding up these few positions in the Audit Bureau. Thank you.

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Thank you, Ms. Lee. The motion is in order. We are going to circulate that motion. Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion. Ms. Lee.

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Thank you, Mr. Roland. I now call on the deputy chairman of AOC, Mr. Hawkins, to make comments from the committee with regard to this bill.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m going to get off the topic of the BIP here and change gears a little bit.

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I’m sure that will come as some relief to the guys across the way. I want to ask the Minister responsible for the Audit Bureau a few questions and that pertains to a letter I received from them with regard to vacancies in the division. I’ve done a little bit more research on that, and I see that there are six vacancies in the Audit Bureau, out of 14 possible positions in that division. I'm just wondering, Mr. Speaker, if I could ask the Minister why these positions in some cases...

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Thank you, Mr. Minister. Clause by clause. Bill 2, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, Clause 1.

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Does the committee agree that Bill 2 is ready for third reading?

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again I’ll ask the question. How come northern manufacturers were not consulted in this process? I know the Minister spoke of contacting different boards and agencies from across the North and I’m just wondering, Mr. Speaker, can the Minister supply us with who was contacted and when they were contacted? As I see it, the northern manufacturing industry here in the Northwest Territories was not contacted. So please, Mr. Speaker, can the Minister provide us with the information on who was contacted and when they were contacted? Thank you.