In an effort to make housing more affordable in Greater Vancouver, B.C.’s latest budget exempts newly-built homes worth up to $750,000 from the property transfer tax.
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February 18, 2016
3:10AM
February 15, 2016
12:21PM
Only 1.5 per cent of Canadians remained stuck in low income every year.
February 12, 2016
2:37PM
The change in the nature of work, and increased wealth, transformed the family.
February 10, 2016
10:39AM
There’s been a lot of media coverage on “house flipping” in Vancouver, and quick sales are common in many real estate markets.
February 9, 2016
3:00AM
The federal government recently introduced a bill that will make the process for establishing unions less democratic and weaken the financial disclosure requirements for established unions.
February 5, 2016
3:00AM
Ruling could mean an additional $250 million for the Canadian broadcasting industry.
January 29, 2016
9:34AM
On average, food isn’t a big part of the average Canadian’s budget.
January 26, 2016
10:19AM
Study found that increasing the minimum wage reduced the employment rate among low-skilled workers by 5.6 percentage points.
January 22, 2016
4:31PM
I wonder if the recent rise in the "trust gap" might have anything to do with the perception that governments are outrageously inefficient stewards of citizens' money?
January 22, 2016
9:52AM
Do companies like General Motors or Welspun make investment decisions based on speeches they hear or nice conversations they have with national leaders?
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