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Subject: First Nations fishermen win tax exemption
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First Nations fishermen win tax
exemption
CBC News
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 8:53 AM
CT
Last Updated: Mar 21, 2012
10:55 AM CT
Two First Nations men from northern Manitoba
don't have to pay tax on income earned from fishing, according to a federal
appeal court ruling.
Revenue Canada had argued the income should be
taxed because it was from personal property off reserve.
'They fish in the
lake because that's where the fish are.'—Tax court Judge J.E.
Hershfield
But the federal court reaffirmed an original tax
court ruling in 2009 that the Norway House residents were exempt even though
the
fish weren't caught on reserve property.
At the time, tax court Judge J.E. Hershfield
observed, "they fish in the lake because that's where the fish are."
The decision released Wednesday "is a great win
for treaty fishermen," said Manitoba Grand Chief Derek Nepinak.
He said he hopes it will lead to a more
"lucrative economy for Manitoba's inland fishermen."
The federal government has 30 days to file an
appeal with the Supreme Court of
Canada.
