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British Columbia's business temptation: an opaque array of tax breaks

The incentives operate under a cloak of secrecy, critics say, and that they have not benefited the province through job creation

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Published Tue, May 9, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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BRITISH Columbia is well known for its spectacular landscape and outdoorsy living, its swanky urban real estate and bouillabaisse of cultures.

A fact not so well known? It has a sweet deal for businesses, offering them tax breaks in an unusually opaque arrangement.

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