Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press

Dirk Meissner is a reporter with The Canadian Press, a national news agency headquartered in Toronto and founded in 1917.

Policy

B.C. to introduce home flipping tax

Province's election budget boosts family benefits as deficit soars to $7.9B

By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press and Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |February 23, 2024

5 min read

Industry

Premiers ask federal government for Covid-19 small-business loan extension

Additional year for repayment is requested

By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press |October 20, 2023

2 min read

Tax News

B.C. to bring in new rules on short-term rentals to create more housing

Legislation would force short-term rental platforms to share data for enforcement and tax purposes

By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press |October 16, 2023

2 min read

Economic Indicators

B.C. budget forecasts $5.5B deficit

A three-year climate fund will support ongoing disaster cleanup and rebuilding in southern B.C. communities hit by last November's floods and mudslides

By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press |February 23, 2022

3 min read

Economic Indicators

B.C. projects $9.7-billion deficit in 2021 budget

Budget includes more than $4 billion in pandemic contingency and allowance funds

By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press |April 21, 2021

3 min read

Industry News

Former advisor, Olympian who disappeared in 2015 pleads guilty to fraud

Harold Backer changed his plea Wednesday in Victoria provincial court on a single charge of fraud over $5,000

By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press |July 4, 2018

2 min read

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