BCTIA HAS A HISTORY OF WINS

BCTIA is continuously working towards the growth of BC's technology sector.  We are always striving toward an increased awareness and marketing of BC globally, a dynamic cost effective environment for R&D, a competitive business climate and an education system that produces the best and brightest. 

Our goal is to bring about changes that impact both your top line and your bottom line.

Here are some of our WINS to date:

• Establishment of the BC Technology Scholarship Fund

• Changes to the Labour Sponsored Venture Capital Fund

• Amendments to the Provincial Employment Standards Act to better reflect the needs of our technology industry

• A 10% provincial R&D top-up tax credit

• A 25% reduction in provincial personal income tax

• A reduction in provincial business tax to 13.5%

• Elimination of the provincial corporate capital tax

• A provincial commitment to double the number of Computer Science and Engineering graduates over the next 5 years

• A provincial commitment to 20 industrial research chairs