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'I would be upset if somebody thought I was trying to make that a race issue,' says MaryAnn Mihychuk
A federal minister is backtracking after remarking in an interview with a CBC reporter that northern Canadians don't pay taxes.
The comment was by made by Canada's minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, MaryAnn Mihychuk, during a taped phone interview with a reporter in Iqaluit.
The focus of the interview was on student summer jobs in Nunavut.
During the course of the conversation, Mihychuk started talking about how important it is that people get social insurance numbers so they can apply for tax breaks.
"For some Indigenous folks, some communities, only half the population has a SIN number. You need the SIN number to file your tax," she said.
Then as an aside, she added: "You don't have to pay tax usually if you're up North."
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Northerners don't pay taxes? Federal minister backtracks on remark - North - CBC News
'I would be upset if somebody thought I was trying to make that a race issue,' says MaryAnn Mihychuk
A federal minister is backtracking after remarking in an interview with a CBC reporter that northern Canadians don't pay taxes.
The comment was by made by Canada's minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, MaryAnn Mihychuk, during a taped phone interview with a reporter in Iqaluit.
The focus of the interview was on student summer jobs in Nunavut.
During the course of the conversation, Mihychuk started talking about how important it is that people get social insurance numbers so they can apply for tax breaks.
"For some Indigenous folks, some communities, only half the population has a SIN number. You need the SIN number to file your tax," she said.
Then as an aside, she added: "You don't have to pay tax usually if you're up North."
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Northerners don't pay taxes? Federal minister backtracks on remark - North - CBC News
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