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Sechelt appoints Anniversary of interim CAO Vimy Ridge Rick Beauchamp steps in as interim Chief Administration Officer ....................

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Through understanding and respect, we can accomplish amazing things.”

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was his volunteer time with Uts’am Witness, a crosscultural collaboration between artists, a Vancouver community centre, and the Squamish Nation. The program succeeded in helping to protect ancient forests in Sims Creek and the Elaho Valley in the Northern part of Squamish territory; and raising awareness of the See “Forests” continued on page 7

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Attacks by the French and British failed, at a cost of over 100,000 casualties and 20,000 lives. The Canadian Corps, commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Julian Byng and Ma-

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Currie insisted that the assault force for the next attempt on Vimy Ridge be comprised entirely of Canadian troops. The assault on German defences began April 2, lasted seven days, and was loud enough to be See “Vimy Ridge” continued on page 5

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any Sunshine Coast residents do not realize that the libraries here are funded mostly through local taxpayers’ dollars. The libraries do a fine job of accommodating community needs and use annual surveys to set their direction.

Although it is too late for the Gibsons’ survey, there is still time for Sechelt library users to fill out a survey form.

Take an opportunity to drop by the Sechelt Library and provide your input to help the volunteer board and the librarian plan. If you are not a regular library user, try checking out the services, from computers

to newspapers. The local libraries are client based and work hard to cover all user needs. On your personal tour you might be surprised to find out what is offered.

If you have an interest and it is not covered in the library, indicate it on your survey.

During this period of economic downturn, the library is a place of assistance for the unemployed and for those trying to retrain to keep their positions.

Friendly staff members at all of the Coastal libraries offer reassuring assistance for those having a difficult time and, for those that cannot afford computers or Internet, libraries offer resources for creating resumés and applying for positions online.

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services to those continuing at school, seeking jobs, and researching information for professional and vocational upgrading. Staff members at local libraries are always ready to assist patrons and to find materials for those determined to continue lifelong learning and personal improvement.

This Thursday, visit the Sechelt library and fill out a survey if you are a regular user. If you have not taken the opportunity to visit any local library before, do so now and see your tax dollars working for the community.

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Editorial

Failure once an incentive to achieve success While flipping through the pages of a recently inherited 1895 vintage Highroads Dictionary I discovered my aunt’s carefully preserved report card. Dated in 1912, it equated to our Grade 8. The word ‘entitle’ appeared in the Highroads Dictionary as a verb - an action word. Entitlement did not exist for this generation, it seems.

In 1912, a Grade 8 student studied and mastered 14 subjects, including basic business skills. Could our current generation of 13-year-olds carry a similar academic load with equal success? Or would a sense of entitlement and an overprotective generation of parents kick in?

In 1912, a grade eight education provided the academic base for a generation of entrepreneurs and tradesmen who laid the foundations - literally - of our nation. In 2012, even completion of grade 12 does not provide a similar academic base.

The years of academic experimentation that brought forth the doctrine of ‘no child left behind’ also brought forth the noun ‘entitlement’ - as in a child is entitled to proceed to the next level even if they have not mastered the work required to do so. Carry this out to its logical conclusion. If a child is entitled to unearned achievement, then as adults when they move into the business world, should they be entitled to a paycheque even if their work performance is not up to previous standard?

And if they are entitled to a paycheque should they not also be entitled to a bonus - regardless of performance?

In 1912, students failed. They were expected to meet standards of performance and were accountable for that. If they failed to do so, they failed the subjects, they failed the year – and, as a result, faced the very real possibility of failing to provide the means of support for their families. Failure existed as an incentive to success and served a positive function. For centuries, failure was the place from which to start afresh, having provided an opportunity to recognize the standards that must be met and the level of commitment required to meet them.

In just one century, the concept of failure became ‘unacceptable’ (another currently overused word not included in the Highroads Dictionary); entitlement has become both a noun, and an insidious attitude.

In just one century, it is ‘unacceptable’ for directors of financially failing public utilities and corporations to be denied a salary bonus to which they feel entitled - and are entitled by contract - because in the course of one century the concept of failure ceased to exist.

In the span of a generation we have moved from ‘no child left behind’ to ‘no bonus left unpaid’.

The standards of the schoolroom, it appears, become the standards of society. And this is why every single person, regardless of whether or not they have children in ‘the system’, must take an informed interest in how the next generation is educated. Failure is not an option.

by Heather Jeal for The Local

Letters to the Editor

Quantum jump in election funding

As a registered Financial Agent for candidates in the last two civic elections (Alice Janisch in 2008 and both Alice and Doug Smith in 2011) I couldn’t help comparing the recently released Financial Disclosure Statements with those of the previous election.

I was pleased to see that

the expenses for the six successful councillor candidates fell within the same general range in both elections - between $1,000 and $5,000. In total the winners in 2011 spent only about 15% more than their 2008 counterparts. Looking at the mayoralty race revealed something quite different. John Henderson’s expenses of $18,079.92 were

Letters to the Editor more than 6½ times the $2,690.25 spent by Darren Inkster in 2008. Eighteen thousand is a lot to spend in a small town election but it pales when compared to the investment made by FABS. FABS were an electoral association that one of the candidates was instrumental in establishing just prior to the election, and its expenses amounted to a whopping $44,492.16. That’s 25% more than the spending of all of 2011’s seven winning candidates combined! There was no equivalent spending in 2008 as no electoral associations registered for that election.

In pointing this out I don’t mean to say or imply that anyone did anything illegal or unethical, I simply wish to highlight the quantum jump in the financial landscape of Sechelt politics. This is a reality that I admit to finding particularly sad and depressing. Our system allows candidates to spend whatever they wish and adopt whatever legitimate strategy they feel will win the support of voters. Unfortunately, massive spending - effective as it is - is a tactic that’s available to only a few.

Val Morris, Sechelt

Commuter ferry idea needs leadership In regards to the need for a Passenger Ferry Service to the Sunshine Coast, the Town of Gibsons has

moved the resolution to the Committee of the Whole on April 17, 2012 at 6 pm.

The SCRD has moved it to the Transportation Committee on Monday April 30 at 10:30 am. I believe a commuter ferry is critical to having a balanced community for the Sunshine Coast and I can pitch this to the Council. I can give them first hand examples of clients for whom I have listed and sold homes because they can no longer tolerate the commute on BC Ferries. My intent is only to pitch this and not to be the driving force behind it, so if there is an organization that wants to drive this need please let me know.

We need people to attend the meetings to show that this matters to our community, and if you have information please bring it and present it to committee members. I know from personal experience that one person presenting an idea gets a yawn, but a delegation gets noticed.

In the case of a recent listing of mine, the husband could no longer take the commute, so they are leaving the Coast. The wife was about to start up a small business, so we have now lost this family and the potential of more employment. It cost a lot more to run a large car ferry than it does a commuter ferry. It is far cheaper to run a late service on a commuter ferry,

which will allow residents to take in big city activities without staying overnight.

Kenan MacKenzie, Gibsons

Share the cost savings?

Again we receive mailings from BC Hydro, Fortis Gas and others in their noble efforts to save trees, paper and convert to online billing.

What about the cost savings for those companies using online billing – somewhere in the range of $1 per mailing? In the case of BC Hydro and Fortis this translates into millions of dollars per month. Are they going to share some of these savings if we convert to electronic billing?

At least the locally owned Credit Unions return part of their savings to their membership.

D. Stulken, Davis Bay

Weston’s stand on asbestos hurts Canada The Local received this letter for publication: Mr. John Weston: It’s no surprise that Canada has acknowledged the hazard caused by asbestos within our own borders.

As Canadian citizens, we do not question cautions given us by Health Canada and the Canadian Home and Mortgage Company, amongst others, that exposure to asbestos poses serious health risks.

It dumbfounds me that for the sake of a few hun-

dred jobs or even millions in profit, our elected government would say it’s okay to sell this material without any concern for the health and safety of others, especially when those others don’t have the luxury of a comparatively sound economy and solid safety strategies.

This is not what it means to be Canadian. We are a country that cares for others and endeavors to educate and assist others while they grow. But in this matter, I am ashamed to be a Canadian and to be associated with this decision.

I saw on the news that the MP (NDP) for the riding in Quebec, which would be most greatly impacted by the closure of this plant, has bravely stood up and said that our government should agree to list asbestos as hazardous, that by not doing so, we would cause hardship for many people in his riding.

I want you to know that there are also people in this riding who most assuredly do not agree with the government’s stand on this issue. I hoped that you would speak out on our behalf.

Yet now that it is too late, I feel that you have proven that you will not take a stand for what is truly ethical and moral. I am so sad to be a Canadian after what your ‘Harper’ government has done about this issue.

Daniel Sikorskyi, Halfmoon Bay

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heard in London. At dawn on Easter Monday, all four Canadian divisions, fighting side-by-side for the first time, swept up the Ridge in a driving storm of sleet and snow and by nightfall, captured it.

In one glorious day, Canadians had advanced farther than any other British offensive to date.

That day, more ground, more prisoners (4,000), and more guns were taken than in the entire two and a half years of the war. Canadian casualties were also high: 7,104 were wounded, and 3,598 killed. Despite these losses, Vimy is trumpeted as Canada’s ‘coming of age’. That victory earned Canada a place at the post-war peace table, a clear mark of the nation’s independence from Britain.

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n a recent statement, BC’s Premier Christy Clark acknowledged the sacrifices of Canadians on the 95th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge. “On Easter weekend in April 1917 on Vimy Ridge, four divisions of Canadians – over 100,000 men – drew together to fight as one army for the first time. German forces had, until then, held this key position for three years. The architect of the innovative ‘creeping barrage’ battle plan was General Sir Arthur Currie, a Victoria teacher and businessman.

“Through mud, blood, snow and rain,” continued Clark, “those Canadians struggled for three days over collapsed trenches to seize armaments and ground, yard by yard, at a cost of more than 10,000 casualties, until the ridge was secured. Four Victoria Crosses were awarded for bravery, and it was the greatest Allied victory so far in the Great War. “Ninety-five years later, we look back with pride at that magnificent victory. The battlefield today is a silent testament to the bravery and tenacity of those men, 100 acres of tranquility that have been deeded to Canada in perpetuity. The majestic and moving Vimy monument presides over the site, as the names of the 11,285 Canadians who were lost

and presumed dead in France parade silently around its base.

“This year the 9th of April fell on Easter Monday, just as it did in 1917.

I urge you to remember those valiant young men who answered Canada’s call to arms when our country was in its infancy. This marvellous legacy of grit and determination must

be passed down to our children so that Canadians will never forget the sacrifice and triumph that was Vimy Ridge.

Said Clark, in conclusion, “We should also recognize and give thanks to the brave men and women who serve in Canada’s armed forces today and who are stationed around the world and here at home.”

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continued from page 1 Squamish Nation culture and traditional territory claims. Neufeld explains, “In 2005, when several Squamish Chiefs ceremonially closed the work that began ten years earlier, the Uts’am Witness Project had inspired and educated over 8,000 participants from the general public at camping weekends, workshops and events, and several areas of the Squamish Watershed were protected as Wild Spirit Places.”

Since moving with his family to his Roberts Creek acreage, Neufeld has grown in appreciation of and respect for the forests of Mt Elphinstone.

“For the water that local residents and wildlife depend on, the wild mushrooms and medicinal plants that are harvested by both First Nations members and the larger community, the incredible biodiversity that feeds both our lungs and our spirits, we need to do a much better job of safe-

guarding these forests for now and for future generations.”

Proceeds for the show will benefit Elphinstone Logging Focus’s efforts to protect local forest areas.

Advance tickets available from MELOmania, Gaia’s Fair Trade, and Strait Music. There will be a suggested donation at the door, with kids under 12 free or by donation. For more information, please contact Shel Neufeld, 604-886-6713 or Ross Muirhead, ELF at 604-740-5654.

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Forty-six grants have been awarded to successful applicants who applied to Hosting BC in December.

Among these, the Gibsons 2012 BC Junior Boys’ Championship Golf event was awarded $3,000.These grants are helping a wide range of events, from the 2012 Victoria International Rugby Sevens, to the Sledge Hockey Shoot Out.

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1704 HOMES FOR RENT Sechelt: 3 bdrm, close to downtown. $1300/mo. Call Key Property Management at 604886-6618 for viewing or 1015 visit Johnny Walker www.keypropertymanagement.ca b15 Gibsons: 1 bdrm cottage. $800/mo.

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LOCAL EVENTS THURSDAY, APRIL 12 •10:30am. Harbourside Friendships, a part of the Senior Initiative meets at the Music School, Madeira Park. For more info contact Cathy at 604-883-9766.

•1:30pm. St. Mary’s Hospital/Health Care Auxiliary, Sechelt branch meets in the Craft Room at the Seniors Centre, Sechelt.

•3:00pm-6:00pm. Farm Gate Market at Roberts Creek Hall.

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•11:00am. Vimy Ridge Memorial ceremony at Camp Byng, 2139 Lower Road, Roberts Creek.

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•7:30pm. Benefit concert to raise awareness of Mt Elphinstone’s Forests, showcasing hundreds of photographs, with live music to be held at Roberts Creek Community Hall. Contact Ross Muirhead 604-740-5654.

SUNDAY, APRIL 15 •10:00am-3:00pm. St. Mary’s Thrift Store Sunday Opening, featuring jewellery & baking. Hopkins Branch.

•7:30pm. Egmont Community Hall is showing the Canucks Playoff Games on the BIG screen. Come support our team.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13 •7:00pm. Egmont Community Hall is showing the Canucks Playoff Games on the BIG screen. Come support our team.

MONDAY, APRIL 16 •10:00am. Roberts Creek Branch of St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary meeting, call Rene @ 604-885-3819 for location info.

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•1:00pm. Gibsons Seniors Society monthly birthday lunch at Harmony Hall, open to all, no charge. www.gibsonsseniors.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 14 •9:00am-1:00pm. Cedar Grove Elementary School in Gibsons is holding a Home Decor and Plant Sale. Everyone welcome.

TUESDAY, APRIL 17 •12:30pm-3:00pm. Free Chronic Pain Self Management Program. Six sessions at the Sechelt Seniors Centre, 5604 Trail Ave. April 17 - May 22. To

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•7:00pm. Woodcrafters Guild meeting w/speaker Marianne Webb. Chatelech High Science Lab. All guests are welcome.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 •7:00pm. Egmont Community Hall is showing the Canucks Playoff Games on the BIG screen. Come support our team.

THURSDAY, APRIL 19 •10:30am. Harbourside Friendships, a part of the Senior Initiative meets at the Music School, Madeira Park.

For more info contact Cathy at 604883-9766.

SATURDAY, APRIL 21 •9:00am-2:30pm. Sechelt Farmers & Artisans Market, downtown Sechelt.

•11:00am - 4:00pm. Huge Rummage Sale & Spring Clean Up at the Egmont Hall. For more information call Tom or Carol at 604-883-1330.

•11:00am. SC Botanical Garden Society presents The Informed Gardener

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Sparling Pavillion, Botanical Garden, 5941 Mason Rd, Sechelt.

•8:00pm-12:00am. Sunshine Dragons Abreast SPRING Dance. Music by Joe Stanton and the Band. Sechelt Seniors Centre. For tickets and/or information call 604-740-5607.

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Michael Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21) O’Connor Gestating dreams will beAstrologer gin to show their first real April 5, 2012 shoots this week. Already a Rapid Edge 1013 variety of ideas are crowdTip of the Week: As the planet turns - ing your plans. Your mind is sounds like a soap opera! Im- open and your imagination plied is the usual host of dra- is soaring. You are ready to mas where people interact dive into the game again and according to circumstance, you likely have support from need, desire, opportunity others. Proceed with a beand ambition and where ginners mind for best results.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) vice and guile, innocence Some unexpected new and naivety and all the good March 2012 beginnings are having an in between weave the29, daily rhythms and intrigues we accelerating effect. Yet, to call life. This briefly charac- move forward as freely as terizes the perennial story you would like you may everywhere despite language, have to do some clearing culture, race, religion, creed close to home. The time is or technological prowess. right to clear the clutter in Yet the planet does not just your thoughts, focus and/ turn, it actually spins on its or living space. Feeling conaxis and orbits around the fident has probably been Gibsons more challenging than usuSun. Further, this axialLegion rota- 1015 tion has a slight wobble in its al but that will change soon, spin which produces a phe- so be ready.

Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22) nomenon called Precession Something powerful of the Equinoxes. In turn, this causes the Zodiac to ap- and perhaps unexpected pear to retrograde at a rate of has sparked in your world. about one degree every 72 Whether this is the kind of years, completing a 360 de- change you want is another 12, 2012 story. Yet, what can you do gree cycle in almostApril 26,000 years. From Precession we but to cooperate with the get the Age of Pisces and current? You can list your Aquarius, so, only once in options, and your blessings about 26,000 years does the for added good measure. Be Sun, from the perspective of willing to see the bigger picEarth, conjunct the Galactic ture to provide context for Center and it is happening what is happening.

Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23) right now! Actually the proThe time is right to be takcess requires about 36 years to complete and we have ing the initiative. This will been in it since about 1980, require a creative approach meaning there are a few years and perhaps some courage. yet to go. Enter Mayan Cos- Do outline your ambitions mology, which asserts that to fuel your determination. this event coincides with a It remains a good idea to do great evolutionary juncture your homework, which inand potentially great cata- cludes research and requires clysms. The year cycle from imaginative thinking. Be spring 2012 through to that open to inspiration, support of 2013 is said to be when and nurturing from others.

Network! this will occur - stay tuned!

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22) Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20) A rather deep and comYou may be just a little slow off the mark so far this plex time continues. Yet, it month, but the pace will ac- will shift later this week to celerate this week. Your focus produce more confidence will sharpen noticeably and and enthusiasm. Acquirby next week you will be on ing new tools, techniques TheWith Localgrowing Hot Links and strategies remains ima real roll. re- 1013 sponsibilities to consider you portant. Both learning and may feel the urge to break ‘getting the word out there’

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are implied. Your ability to concentrate on these will increase steadily as well.

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22) Changes on relationship fronts have been sparked and these are evident. They may also be pushing you within, to do inner work and confront the doubt demons. Yet, there is at least a silver lining in these events and possibly even a vein of gold. Make efforts to trust what is happening. Cooperate and capitalize!

Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21) Creating a healthier rhythm and flow continues. It may feel quite challenging to feel solid and secure with how things are, however. This may take another six months to settle.

Yet, there is also expansion and opportunity is knocking. Take full advantage of what is available and be patient with and trusting of the shifting ground.

Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21) The waves of change are being felt by everyone and not least of all you. Feeling confident about it all may not be so easy. Reaching out to others for support, exchange and new alliances is ideal. Be willing to be still and quiet, to receive guidance from within.

Opportunity accompanies change; summon the pioneering spirit!

Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19) Something deep within the core of your being has been sparked. Perhaps you need space to integrate what is happening or it is activating you to be freer.

Your imagination is likely reeling from it all. Connecting within to consult your inner authority for what to do is a good idea.

Others may offer useful guidance or insights as well.

Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19) Many new perceptions have taken root in your mind. Your sights are set on the future and you may increasingly know what you do not want. What you do want may require some additional time to clarify. Yet your ambitions for something new are growing and this will Sally Abraha continue.Massage All you have to do now is be open and willing.

Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20) Taking the initiative to establish a more reliable path and rhythm has been keeping you busy. Dealing with opposition both within and without has been the real challenge. Your April focus 5, 2012 will increase this week and this will activate your drive.

You have perhaps been trying to cover a lot of ground, leaving you feeling stressed.

Acknowledge yourself and persevere.

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Story Theatre preparing for summer shows S

tory Theatre is gearing up to produce their new lineup of exciting stories for children and families at summer festivals along the Sunshine Coast.

They’re expecting to stage at least fifteen shows this summer, at twelve different venues – at the Children’s Festival in Gibsons, Canada Day at Hackett Park, the Halfmoon Bay Country Fair in Halfmoon Bay and more. They’re also pleased to be joining forces with the Gibsons Summer Read-a-long Program, of-

fering children a small theatre workshop, with a participatory performance.

Story Theatre explores fables from different corners

of the world, reaching from the past into the present.

They’re thrilled to bring a silent version of Little Red to life this year! Using only

one black screen and five wooden crates, the actors playfully relate familiar stories. Coming together in our streets and parks, both the cast and the audience are called upon to use their memory and imagination.

Each year, their troupe is created anew, with new and previous volunteers filling in as actors, musicians, and stage crew.

Story Theatre is offering a free two-day theatre workshop, April 14 and 15 at the Sunshine Coast Community Services So-

ciety (SCCSS), to kick off the season and meet new recruits.

They may not be a professional theatre group, but they bring commitment and passion to their work. An interest in theatre is the only requirement

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he following is believed to be accurate BUT it is strongly advised that consumers do their own due diligence by contacting Canada Revenue Agency with their own specific questions.

What is the HST? It is a combination of the Provincial Sales Tax 7% and GST (Federal Goods and Service Tax) 5% for a single Tax of 12% HST. The HST for the most part only affects newly created lots, new housing and substantially renovated homes. The HST rebates are available for purchasers of their primary residence.

When applying for an HST rebate you are applying for two rebates one federal (GST 5%) and the other provincial (PST 7%), both rebates have different ceilings and rebate calculations.

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) administers HST. The Federal (GST) portion of the New Housing rebate is for homes up to $350,000 for a full rebate of 36% to a maximum of $7,560.

There is no Federal Rebate for homes over $450,000 and a lesser rebate between $350,000 to $450,000.

The BC New Enhanced Housing Rebate effective from April 1, 2012 to April 1, 2013 is for qualifying housing which will include newly constructed or substantially renovated homes used as a primary place of residence by an individual or relation of the individual for homes up to $850,000 for a maximum grant of $42,500 (71.43%).

The enhanced new housing rebates announced by the province only affect the provincial portion of the tax. Buyers of recreational or secondary properties outside of Metro Vancouver and the Capital Regional

Districts may be entitled to a New Housing Rebate for homes valued up to $850,000 and a maximum grant of $42,500 (71.43%).

Here’s an example: Purchase a New home for $600,000 X 12 % HST = $72,000 in HST. There is no

Federal Grant (GST). Provincial Rebate is 71.43 % to a maximum of $42,500. Tax payable is $29,500.

Important date to remember: The BC New Enhanced Housing Rebate will be available to an owner builder if on or after April 1,

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