Jessie Sunner, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, and Jennifer Blatherwick, parliamentary secretary for gender equity, have released the following statement in recognition of Consent Awareness Week 2025:

People buying a home will soon be better protected by new rules and regulations for the mortgage services industry.

Homeowners in designated taxable municipalities covered by the speculation and vacancy tax will soon receive their annual declaration letters, as part of the Province’s work to fight real estate speculation and deliver more homes to people.

The homeowner grant will continue to cover 92% of homes with the threshold set at $2.15 million for 2024.

With Moody’s triple-A credit rating announced, B.C. continues to have the highest credit ratings of all provinces across the four agencies.

People will soon have more money in their bank account to help with global inflation and the increased cost of living through this month’s BC Affordability Credit.

Amendments introduced to the Business Corporations Act will create a new, public registry for beneficial owners to give British Columbians more confidence that B.C. private companies are not being used for money laundering or other criminal purposes.