In a debate over the weekend between the Liberal party, PQ, Coalition Avenir Quebec and Quebec Solidaire, Marois said she would impose a minimum 5% royalty rate on the gross value of all mining production.

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The standard measure is gross value-added the output of an industry minus the costs of production.

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The term "Gross" means, that the value added includes the value of fixed capital consumed in the process of production.

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