Where do you stand on business taxes?

In the budget, we reduced small business taxes to two per cent. B.C. has the most small businesses per capita in the country, and 5,900 new small businesses were created in our province just last year, a growth rate 1,400 per cent above the national average.

Businesses benefit from the things that taxes pay for. Businesses in B.C. wouldn't get very far without roads to move their goods, health care to care for their workers and schools to train them. We all benefit from strong government services, so I expect everyone to contribute to them.

We will review consumption taxes so they support business viability and consumers' needs. The tax system has become overly complicated and needs to be updated for the 21st century.