Funding Growth: A Future Beyond Development Charges

​Soaring levies on construction & development are making it financially impossible to build the housing British Columbia needs. But to cut development charges, municipalities need alternate sources of revenue. Join Common Wealth Canada, Homes for Living, and a panel of experts from industry and politics to discuss land value return as a way to fund government without suppressing construction.

​Panelists:

• ​Dr. Francis Peddle, President of the Henry George Foundation of Canada

• ​Floyd Marinescu, Founder of Common Wealth Canada

• ​Additional panelists TBA

​WIth introductory remarks by Jarren Butterworth of Homes for Living & Common Wealth Canada BC Strategist Andrew Rose.

​Agenda

• ​7:00 PM - Doors open

• ​7:30 PM - Intro remarks

• ​7:40 PM - Panel Discussion & Q&A

• ​8:30 PM - Meet & Mingle

​Common Wealth Canada is a non-partisan think tank working to replace harmful taxes on work and productivity. Development charges are a great example: if we replace them with revenue from land values, more housing will pencil, and Canada will start building again.

​Hosted in partnership with Homes for Living, a community advocacy group pushing to solve the housing crisis through local action.