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The 50 Year Celebration of Excellence
Publish Date : 9/2/2010

The 50 Year Celebration of Excellence When Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:00 PM - 12:00 AM Facility Pan Pacific Hotel Location 999 Canada Place, Vancouver BC Topic Details ...

Real Estate Foundation of BC Land Awards
-- Nominations
Publish Date : 8/4/2010

The Real Estate Foundation is proud to present the 2010 Land Awards to recognize initiatives which demonstrate leadership, innovation, and collaboration related to the sustainable use and conservation of land in British Columbia. The awards will highlight dynamic, forward-thinking people and organ...

Changes to 2011 Census- Urban Futures
Author : Urban Futures Publish Date : 7/16/2010

Friends and Colleagues, you may or may not have been aware of the recent changes that have been proposed for the Canadian Census. For the upcoming 2011 Census, the federal government has instructed Statistics Canada to eliminate the compulsory long-form questionnaire sent to one in five ...

Smartgrowth BC Weds Canada Green Building Council
Publish Date : 5/13/2010

A sharp drop in dontations has prompted Smartgrowth BC to merge with the Canadian Green Building Council (CGBC). Smartgrowth BC advocated sustainable land development policies and practices, compact communities, sustainable transportation, affordable housing, green space and farmland preservation an...

New Urban Futures Report on Tax Harmonization
Author : Urban Futures Publish Date : 3/8/2010

Friends and colleagues, currently there are a number of people advocating for “no HST”; these people are effectively advocates of the current PST+GST tax regime, a system of taxation that in many respects is both inequitable and inefficient. The exemptions to PST create the inequities: a person buyi...

REIBC 17th Annual Golf Tournament - THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE OF BC TEES-OFF TO MAKE WISHES COME TRUE
-- The Real Estate Institute of BC Tees-Off to Make Wishes Come True
Author : Rebecca Nguyen Publish Date : 3/5/2010

Vancouver, BC: The Real Estate Institute of British Columbia (REIBC) is delighted to host its 17th annual Golf Tournament, Dinner & Auction fundraising event in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, BC/Yukon Chapter on Wedneseday, June 23rd, 2010 at the Northview Golf & Country Club in...

Trends Beyond the Horizon, Trends Beyond Demographics: The Changing Nature of Work, Workers, and the Workplace
Publish Date : 2/5/2010

Most of us are aware of the labour force challenges Canada is facing – challenges resulting from three decades of below replacement level birth rates and the leading edge of the baby boom generation reaching the retirement stage of the lifecycle. Many other countries such as Italy, Japan, Germany, ...

SEC Votes to Issue Guidance on Disclosure Related to Climate
Publish Date : 2/3/2010

On January 27, in a 3-2 vote, the US Securities & Exchange Commissionvoted to provide public companies with interpretive guidance on existing SEC disclosure requirements as they apply to business or legaldevelopments relating to the issue of climate change. The SEC's press release on the decis...

BC HST- Transitional Rules
Publish Date : 2/1/2010

Overview Effective 1 July 1020, British Columbia (BC) will implement the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The HST will apply in BC at a rate of 12%-combining the existing 5% federal Goods and Services Tax with a new provincial tax component of 7%. Click here to see the full article.

SEC Issues Ground-Breaking Guidance Requiring Corporate Disclosure of Material Climate Change Risks and Opportunities
Publish Date : 1/28/2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 27, 2010) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today issued new interpretive guidance that clarifies what publicly-traded companies need to disclose to investors in terms of climate-related material effects on business operations, whether from new emissions managemen...

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