British Columbia, It’s Time for Us to Step Up

British Columbia, it’s time for us to step up

Opinion column submitted by Ravi Parmar, MLA for Langford-Highlands and BC’s Minister of Forests

Property taxes in rural areas - Province of British Columbia

Rural Area Residents Pay Property Taxes to Province, Surveyor of Taxes Collects Taxes for Rural Taxpayer Services, List of Property Tax Exemptions

Gov’t to reimburse LCDS funds used to build roads, bridges in Indigenous communities

During an impromptu visit to the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference on Thursday, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo announced that Indigenous communities will be reimbursed for funds used from their Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) grants to construct roads and bridges. “Funds used from the LCDS to do bridges and roads particularly, those need to be reimbursed,” the Vice President said to loud applause from the Indigenous leaders att…

British Columbia - New funding strengthens rural and Indigenous communities

Local governments, First Nations and not-for-profit organizations throughout British Columbia are receiving funding to promote economic diversification, clean-economy opportunities and infrastructure . . .