John McKay at the Finance Committee

On February 27th, 2008. See this statement in context.

February 27th, 2008 / 3:45 p.m.

Liberal

John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON

Thank you.

I'm trying to understand this bill, more than anything else. Basically, as I understand the scheme, you would have a designation of regions, and that would be where the person to be potentially benefited by this bill would go.

So the designation of regions is a bit complicated here under the Designation of Regions Act. I never even knew there was a Designation of Regions Act—sorry, Regional Development Incentives Act.

So basically you defer to the Governor in Council for the purposes of an order to designate a particular area a region. I'm given to understand that there have been no regions designated by order in council thus far. Is that correct?

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