Tax-reform task-force recommendations to be ignored again by B.C. government

VICTORIA — A task force that the B.C. government already ignored once when it replaced medical services plan premiums earlier this year has produced a second report full of other tax-reform proposals the province appears ready to disregard as well.
The province should tax all non-alcoholic beverages (except “non-carbonated water and unflavoured milk”), eliminate the homeowner-grant program and replace the provincial sales tax with a new value-added tax similar to the harmonized