Businesses across Canada have been complaining about what they pay in property taxes, well, since there were property taxes. But the issue in BC came into sharper definition in July when Catalyst Paper hand-delivered cheques to four municipalities that only covered 25% of their property tax bill. Timberwest, Celgar and West Fraser Timber joined Catalyst [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Catalyst Paper'
Property taxes: are major industries suffering?
November 3rd, 2009 · Keith Reynolds · No Comments · Economy, Environment, resources & sustainability, Municipalities, Taxes
Tags: Castlegar·Catalyst Paper·Celgar·Kitimat·Timberwest·West Fraser Timber
"The (not so) slow de-industrialization of the province"
February 26th, 2009 · Geoff Mann · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Economy, Employment & labour, Environment, resources & sustainability
Yesterday, Catalyst Paper announced the closure of the Crofton kraft pulp mill, a week after shutting the doors at its 350-employee mill in Campbell River and “restructuring” (laying off 127 workers) at its Powell River facility. That’s 850 job losses in basically one shot. It is not the first shot, either, and it definitely won’t [...]
Tags: BC Federation of Labour·Campbell River·Catalyst Paper·forestry·unemployment
