Finance committee  Absolutely. I don't think any of the chambers across Canada are speaking on behalf of tax cuts from an ideological perspective. We're a member-driven organization, and the policies we advocate actually come from the grassroots. In terms of the benefits of the tax cuts, that's n

Finance committee  We do actually support the Canadian Chamber position on tax cuts. Just as an aside, for the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, in terms of its taxation policy, the single largest request we have at the provincial government level is to cut the PST. While we do understand there's a signi

Finance committee  At the federal level, yes. At the provincial level, our membership has told us it would like to see PST addressed because that's the single biggest disparity between British Columbia and Alberta. But at the federal level, we would look to income tax.

Finance committee  I should like to begin with a bit of background on the organization. The B.C. Chamber of Commerce represents 130 local chambers of commerce and boards of trade, encompassing 31,000 businesses of every size, sector and region within the province. We are the widest and broadest-bas