B.C. Election Focuses on Taxes, but Economist Calls Ideas 'Different Kinds of Bad'

B.C. parties pitch contrasting income-tax proposals in the third week of election campaign

Tax hikes proposed by NDP, Greens could raise less revenue than projected, while Conservatives’ cuts could put province further in debt, economists say

B.C. election focuses on taxes, but economist calls ideas 'different kinds of bad'

British Columbia economist Ross Hickey compares the tax policies of all three major parties in the provincial election campaign to candy - the kind that gives you a stomach ache. "I think what all these politicians, and maybe the public, (are) forgetting is that we may not like taxes but there'...

Taxes – hike them or hold them – become theme in B.C. election campaign

Taxes have become a central theme in the first half of British Columbia's election campaign with leaders promising to hold, hike or cut them. Whether it's taxing the wealthy to pay for services like health care or suggesting that tax cuts will "superc...