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Vaughn Palmer: NDP loan fund another blank cheque for B.C. cabinet ministers

Opinion: The NDP offers a $400-million 'strategic' loan fund after a $1.5 billion PST jump for businesses. Who gets loans is up to cabinet

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VICTORIA — Premier David Eby brushed aside concerns this week that his decision to apply the provincial sales tax to services used by business will be counterproductive to the NDP government’s drive to improve investment and economic growth.

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“We made, frankly, a difficult decision to add the PST to accounting and other professional services,” said Eby. “It is an additional burden on the business community, but there are........

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