BC Chamber in the Headlines

Policy Successes

• Clean Energy Act to Power BC Growth
• Site C Clean Energy Project Announced
• B.C., Saskatchewan and Alberta launch New West Partnership
• Western Ministers Tackle Tough Crime Issues

Chamber News

What’s new @ bcchamber.org

• AGM 2010 – May 27 – 29
• CRA HST Seminars
• HST Video
• Workplace Training for Innovation Pilot Program
• PST Refunds and Taxable and Non-Taxable Information
• Order of British Columbia – Call for Nominations

Provincial News

• It’s Official: PST Eliminated in B.C.
• Increased Lumber Prices Drop Export Tax to Zero
• Green Energy Advisory Task Force Report Released
• Western Canadian Trade, Investment Shanghai Office Opens
• B.C. Expands International Financial Activity Program
• B.C. Celebrates as Mining Industry Leads the Province
• Province Acts on Trucking Industry Recommendations
• New Legislation to Protect Logging Contractors
• Proposed Legislation to Expand Rural B.C. Loans Program

National News

Government of Canada Reintroduces Legislation to Help First Nations Develop Commercial Real Estate on Reserves