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The British Columbia Assessment Authority is a publicly owned Crown Corporation in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.BC Assessment was created in 1974, as a result of a provincial government all-party committee unanimous recommendation that an independent assessment agency be created.
A formal system of equalization payments was first introduced in 1957. [7] [ Notes 1]. The original program had the goal of giving each province the same per-capita revenue as the two wealthiest provinces, Ontario and British Columbia, in three tax bases: personal income taxes, corporate income taxes and succession duties (inheritance taxes).
The Site C Dam is a hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Peace River, 14 kilometers southwest of Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located approximately 80 kilometers downstream from the W. A. C. Bennett Dam.
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation which uses the trade name BCI, is a Canadian company established by way of the 1999 Public Sector Pension Plans Act to provide investment services to British Columbia’s public sector pensions plans.
The British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) is an independent agency of the Government of British Columbia responsible for regulating rates and standards of service quality.
Research funding is a term generally covering any funding for scientific research, in the areas of natural science, technology, and social science.Different methods can be used to disburse funding, but the term often connotes funding obtained through a competitive process, in which potential research projects are evaluated and only the most promising receive funding.
The British Columbia Home Owner Mortgage and Equity partnership is a program offered by the Executive Council of British Columbia to first-time homebuyers who have been either citizens or permanent residents of Canada for the last five years and have been residents of British Columbia for at least a year before applying and have never owned a home.
In BC, the HST was reported to be a tax shift onto consumers and away from business. The BC government estimated businesses would pay $1.9 billion less in sales taxes. [11] claiming that this would boost investment from corporations as their MTR [clarification needed] is reduced. The claim is made that this would benefit consumers through more ...