Legislation introduced creates new measures to help make home ownership more affordable, establishes a fund for market housing and rental initiatives, strengthens consumer protection, and gives the City of Vancouver the tools it requested to increase rental property supply.

The initial board of directors for the Capital Markets Regulatory Authority has been chosen and new timelines for implementing the authority have been set, announced Finance Minister Michael de Jong on behalf of the Council of Ministers.

Detailed information on total compensation for senior public sector executives, demonstrates the effectiveness of ongoing measures to increase affordability, transparency and accountability in public sector compensation.

The Province is engaging the public to help ensure British Columbians understand the impact of the proposed Canada Pension Plan (CPP) enhancement.

Canadian economist Bev Dahlby has been named as chair of the B.C. Tax Competitiveness Commission.

The Province released the first set of data resulting from new measures to track the extent of foreign real estate transactions. 

Drew McArthur has been appointed British Columbia’s acting information and privacy commissioner.

Michael de Jong, QC, Minister of Finance and minister responsible for the Public Service Agency, has issued the following statement acknowledging Public Service Week:

The Province is now proactively publishing summaries of active Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to increase government transparency and accountability for the timeliness of responses.