JIM WELLER (1:123/140) wrote to STEVEN HORN at 20:27 on 06 Sep 2004:

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

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

 JW> I get all the fish, geese and caribou I can eat from my step son
 JW> and a brother in law both of whom hunt a lot. My son in law's folks
 JW> (they're from the Mackenzie delta) supply whale and sealmeat; I buy
 JW> char cheaply from a bush pilot who makes regular runs to Bathurst
 JW> Inlet.

I'm almost envious.:-)  I can't say I've ever been overly fond of whale or
seal meat and we have a char farm in town but I have to cadge the other
good stuff.

 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.

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

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}gmail.com)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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