Business owners in Coquitlam pay nearly five times as much property tax as residential owners for the same value property, the largest tax gap among the province’s 30 largest municipalities, says a business organization. A report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), recommends the B.C. government “Cap the Gap” and levels the playing [...]

METRO VANCOUVER – TransLink is proposing two property tax increases – along with a two-cents-a-litre gas hike – as part of its draft plan to pay for the Evergreen Line and other major bus routes south of the Fraser. Metro Vancouver chief financial officer Jim Rusnak told the finance committee Thursday that TransLink is recommending [...]