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- Despite Strident Opposition, Vancouver’s ‘Zero Means Zero’ Budget Passes (The Tyee) –
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/26/Vancouver-Zero-Means-Zero-Budget-Passes/ - Vancouver’s Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely. (Organizers say lack of government, private-sector cash behind decision) (CBC ) – https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-honda-celebration-of-light-cancelled-9.6993068
- Inside Pontegadea’s $1.2 Billion Purchase Of The Post In Vancouver (Howard Chai, Substack) – ”The transaction, an off-market direct deal, was completed via a share sale … allows purchasers to bypass British Columbia’s property transfer tax, which would have been $35,978,000 in this case.” https://howardchai.substack.com/p/pontegadea-vancouver-the-post-quadreal-transaction-details
- Suddenly, strangely, the B.C. government has gone to court to express concern that transfers of real property through share sales avoid paying PTT – https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/suddenly-bc-govt-concerned-developers-avoid-paying-ptt/
- Despite Strident Opposition, Vancouver’s ‘Zero Means Zero’ Budget Passes (The Tyee) –
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