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Company News: Blog
RIP Canadian Wheat Board
07 December 2011
Now that our Happy Planet mayor is back in the saddle for another term, we can be re-assured that we can continue to convert our front lawns to grow wheat. Even better news is that, since the House of Commons last week voted to end the Canadian Wheat Board's 76-year monopoly on the sale of wheat...
07 December 2011
Now that our Happy Planet mayor is back in the saddle for another term, we can be re-assured that we can continue to convert our front lawns to grow wheat. Even better news is that, since the House of Commons last week voted to end the Canadian Wheat Board's 76-year monopoly on the sale of wheat...
- 30 November 2011 Tie a light-blue ribbon round the court house tree (*)
- 28 November 2011 Chief Justice Bauman on legal funding cuts
BC Supreme Court Declares Provincial Sales Tax Unconstitutional (Sort Of) |
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| Written by Chris Green |
| Sunday, 30 April 2006 00:00 |
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In a decision rendered February 8th 2005, the British Columbia Supreme court ruled, in response to a constitutional challenge, that low income individuals do not have to pay the 7% special sales tax levied by the BC government on legal services. For legal services rendered on or after February 8th 2005, lawyers are not required to collect and remit tax on legal services rendered to individuals whose incomes fall below the qualifying thresholds for access to Legal Aid. GreenWay Legal Centre has established a protocol for identifying and assisting those of its clients who may benefit from this court decision, and has sent a rude letter to the government complaining about how silly the resulting situation is. |
