-=> Quoting Steven Horn to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> That's not easy to do. The Feds say there isn't enough volume to
 JW> warrant one.

 SH> They may be right but if your government were prepared to help fund
 SH> it, that objection might go away.  However, you do have a
 SH> transportation problem that we don't have as many of your communities
 SH> are not linked to Yellowknife by road.

That's the problem. The abattoir would have to break down easily and be
portable by air, from one hunt to the next. Very expensive proposition.

 JW> Our taxes are based on the alcohol content not as a markup on the
 JW> base price. So the taxes are the same on a cheap brand as a premium
 JW> brand.

 SH> I suppose that encourages concumption of lower alcohol products but we
 SH> sell an awful lot of fortified wine to First Nations citizens.  

Sadly, same here.



Cheers,

Jim



... URA True Northerner if people ask to hunt in your back yard.
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