How BC Could Tax Soaring Property Values for the Public Good | The Tyee
The vast majority of B.C.’s residential property wealth — $1.5 trillion — is in the value of the land rather than in the buildings on it. Unlike the value created by…
A new generation of queer love: Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau
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