The B.C. government wants to raise the province’s minimum wage from $11.35 to $15.20 by 2021.
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February 14, 2018
9:29AM
Overall, the NDP added $4.4 billion in new spending over three years.
February 14, 2018
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September 14, 2017
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The budget creates a new, higher top personal income tax rate of 16.8 per cent.
September 8, 2017
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Rhetoric from the campaign trail stressed increased spending and higher taxes.
August 29, 2017
8:53AM
Policy uncertainty can drive down business investment by between six and 10.5 per cent.
June 20, 2017
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The NDP-Green agreement calls for a 67 per cent increase in B.C.’s carbon tax.
June 19, 2017
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Uncertainty—particularly from the potential for higher taxes—will make B.C. less attractive to business.
February 22, 2017
8:25AM
Every extra dollar of net income earned by any business that steps over the $500,000 threshold will be taxed at a rate five and half times the small business rate.