The number of minor car collisions, and resulting litigation costs, is soaring in B.C., while critics say the public insurer is being used by the government as a cash cow
The government will move to eliminate unpopular medical service plan premiums
The budget comes a week after Premier Christy Clark said her Liberal government will pay back taxpayers for financial sacrifices of recent years
Details of regulations still being worked out, Finance Ministry says
Government data shows there was a steep drop in real estate transactions in the Vancouver area last summer after the tax was introduced
The halt is intended to enable the province to review the Financial Institutions Act and Credit Union Incorporation Act
The threshold will increase by a third this year, to include properties with an assessed value of up to $1.6 million
The city is attracting baby boomers from Vancouver and across the country
RBC forecasts the province’s economic growth will slip below the national average for the first time in six years
The program that starts next month applies to homes with a maximum value of $750,000