The B.C. Liberal Party believes in cutting taxes and eliminating unnecessary regulations to support small businesses and industries that drive our economy, create jobs for families, and make it possible to invest tax revenues in health care, education and social programs.
The B.C. Liberal Record
We've eliminated 164,000 needless regulations, cutting red tape by 43 per cent.
We've cut the small business tax by 44 per cent in 2008 alone, saving small business $146 million.
We’ve doubled the commission paid to businesses for collecting the PST and the hotel room tax, adding up to $1,200 to a business’s annual bottom line
B.C.'s small business growth is now leading the country.
New business incorporations are now at a record high in B.C.
We've cut corporate taxes by 33 per cent - stimulating investment and job growth.
A new 50 per cent of school property taxes to light and heavy industry will return $50 million to help some of B.C.’s largest employers reinvest and maintain jobs.
We've eliminated the corporate capital tax on non-financial institutions and are phasing out the corporate capital tax on financial institutions, making our banking sector stronger.
The NDP Record
Carole James and the NDP voted against over 100 tax cuts including cuts to small business taxes.
Carole James’s carbon tax plan calls for massive new taxes to be levied against critical rural industrial employers.
Under the NDP government, corporate taxes in B.C. were among the highest in Canada.
The NDP government created 400 new regulations every year - costing businesses billions.
Under the NDP government, B.C.'s economy was the worst-performing in the country.
Business bankruptcies more than doubled in the years under the NDP government.
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