AAN Association of Alternative Newsmedia

B.C. Admits Georgia Straight is a Newspaper

By AAN Staff

october 14, 2003 04:24 pm

The Liberal provincial government, in a press release posted on its home page, announced that it would review the newspaper tax exemption policy that had Vancouver's 36- year-old alt-weekly facing the prospect of a fine of over $1 million: "Clearly the Georgia Straight is a newspaper, yet it is not treated as a newspaper under the current policy. Accordingly (we will) review this policy and how it is applied, in order to solve this problem."

View full article at British Columbia Ministry of Provincial Review

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