John Barlow at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

I am one of the newbies, so please bear with me if I'm asking some questions that have been asked in the past.

Mr. Beynon, I found it interesting that in your presentation you said some first nations are exercising the ability to collect property taxes and that there was $200 million in unused borrowing capacity.

Are these first nations collecting property taxes and putting the money aside as a fund to fund businesses, or are there some rules as to how they use that property tax, or how is it being used to help businesses?