As part of 'Canada Starts Here: The B.C. Jobs Plan' to be released Thursday, Premier Christy Clark today announced that British Columbia plans to support small business innovation and entrepreneurship by expanding access to venture capital tax credits, extending tax credits available to apprentices and employers, and working with business leaders to cut red tape and streamline administration of provincial taxes.

British Columbia will need continued prudent fiscal management to weather global economic uncertainty and respond to challenging budget pressures to meet its commitment to eliminate the deficit in 2013-14, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon said with the release of the First Quarterly Report.

The Province will reinstate the combined 12 per cent PST and GST tax system following the referendum decision by British Columbians to extinguish the HST in B.C., Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced.

The Province of British Columbia ended the fiscal year with a smaller deficit than forecast thanks to lower spending and stronger economic growth that improved revenues, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced with the release of the 2010-11 Public Accounts.

Government is proclaiming 2011 the Year of the Entrepreneur, extending its commitment to reducing red-tape, and showing leadership as the first government in Canada to enshrine in law a commitment to publish annual provincial reports on regulatory accountability in B.C., Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced today.