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Thursday, August 1, 2019 3:42 PM
Many British Columbians were shocked when they heard the findings of the Expert Panel on Money Laundering in Real Estate. More than $7 billion in dirty money was laundered in B.C. last year alone. About $5 billion of that went through B.C.’s real estate market, driving housing prices up and hurting families, seniors and students.
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 1:30 PM
The B.C. government is reporting higher income and stronger economic growth in 2018-19 that is helping make life more affordable, improving the services people count on and supporting a strong economy in British Columbia.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019 1:00 PM
British Columbia’s world-leading legislation to end hidden ownership will be featured as part of a special meeting in Vancouver focusing on anti-money laundering strategies across Canada.
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 12:45 PM
Making life better and more affordable for British Columbians, while building a strong economy, was at the core of government work inside and outside the Parliament Buildings this spring.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:15 PM
On the eve of the second anniversary of the signing of the Confidence and Supply Agreement (CASA), British Columbians are seeing the benefits of a government that puts people first.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019 1:00 PM
As the next step in cracking down on money laundering in British Columbia, government is working with public and private post-secondary institutions to ensure they are not targets for money laundering after being identified as one of several vulnerable sectors.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 10:43 AM
The Province will hold a public inquiry into money laundering that has distorted British Columbia’s economy, fuelled the overdose crisis and driven up housing prices.
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Thursday, May 9, 2019 12:22 PM
More than $7 billion in dirty money was laundered in B.C. in 2018, hiking the cost of buying a home by about 5%, according to British Columbia’s Expert Panel on Money Laundering in Real Estate.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019 11:35 AM
British Columbia’s luxury car sector is being used to launder the proceeds of crime, according to an independent review on money laundering through luxury cars and horse racing by former senior RCMP officer Peter German.
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Monday, April 15, 2019 10:15 AM
David Eby, Attorney General, and Carole James, Minister of Finance, have issued the following statement on anti-money laundering commitments by the real estate industry:
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