Premier open to PST plan amid cross border shopping talk
Premier Gordon Campbell cites potential partial PST relief as a tool to boost border area business in the Peace River region and East Kootenays. Dawson Creek backs a cross border study with PRRD funding a quarter, while Alberta growth and Alberta tax policy inform the discussion. Pierre Alvarez notes continued gaps with Alberta, as both oil and gas players push for competitive studies.
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Prince George Airport to introduce new $5 fee in April
Prince George travellers will pay an airport improvement fee of five dollars starting in April to fund capital projects such as facilities upgrades runway surfacing and possible new construction. The fee could rise to ten dollars over the next three years as the airport shifts from federal to local operation under the Prince George Airport Authority.
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Prince George
Jim Blake
Prince George Airport
Transport Canada
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Canada Air Transport Security Agency
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