Thank you.
Chief Matthew, you talked about taxes on-reserve and off-reserve. I would like some clarification. You said that first nations people make most of their purchases off-reserve and that, in that case, they are required to pay taxes. However, if they make those purchases on-reserve, they do not pay taxes. Since most of their consumer goods are purchased off-reserve, this measure will have a much greater impact on the first nations. I would like some clarification, because if more goods were sold on-reserve, one can assume that first nations people would pay less tax overall.
Would it not be possible, from a business standpoint, to arrange things so that more goods are sold on-reserve?