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🏙️ How the B.C. government is spending your dollars on tech
From InBC to a spending spree, provincial leaders have been busy over the past 12 months.
Kate Wilson
November 03, 2023
The allocation of tax dollars by the provincial government can often seem like a black box. Luckily, there’s been plenty of transparency by the current B.C. legislature on how the cash is being put back into local tech and innovation, and particularly so over the past year. Find out where the tax from your hard-earned paycheck has ended up in this Friday Feature roundup.
(l-r): Blair Quinn, Andre Alie Day, Sophie Heywood, Alain Rivère, Vicky Xing, Kevin Nelson.
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