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Originally Posted by sns2
Okay, Tork. I'm gonna play devil's advocate for a moment. You earn the majority of your income from the widlife of BC, yet you live in Alberta, ostensibly spending the lion's share of your guiding money elsewhere. If I lived in BC, I wouldn't be very happy with you  |
I own a BC corporation that I run the outfit through. I pay corporate tax and gst in British Columbia. I employ guides from BC and Alberta as well as my cook from BC.
I buy groceries in BC, insurance, fuel, parts, equipment and lumber for cabins. My clients fly on Central Mountain Air and when required stay in BC hotels.
My taxidermist/shipping agent is in BC also
I also buy some equipment from Alberta, and use a charter company that does my flying out of the Yukon.
Federal tax, well that's all of us
So although not all money stays in BC, a good chunk of it does. Either way it's all coming from elsewhere and 99% is staying in the western Canadian economy