News Release: BC Chamber of Commerce responds to Budget 2018
Key investments in housing and childcare – but business bracing for massive tax hike Key Word Downgraded in Budget: Innovation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Victoria, February 20, 2018 – Today’s provincial budget reflects a social agenda with meaningful investments in both housing attainability and childcare – two areas of deep interest to the BC Chamber network […]
Affordability strategy welcome, but costs to SMEs piling up
BC Chamber of Commerce responds to 2019 Budget FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Victoria, February 19, 2018 – Today’s balanced provincial budget tackles affordability head on, with continued investments in housing and the Enhanced Child Opportunity Benefit—but small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are still left wondering how they will overcome $5 billion in cumulative cost increases over […]
BC Chamber of Commerce on the BC Government’s plan to increase minimum wage
Vancouver, February 8, 2018 – The BC Chamber of Commerce calls on the provincial government to maintain certainty and predictability as minimum wage set to rise to by 2021. “Predictability and certainty are what’s on our members’ minds,” said Val Litwin, President and CEO of the BC Chamber of Commerce. “While front-loading the minimum wage […]