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VICTORIA — A task force that the B.C. government already ignored once when it replaced medical services plan premiums earlier this year has produced a second report full of other tax-reform proposals the province appears ready to disregard as well.

The province should tax all non-alcoholic beverages (except “non-carbonated water and unflavoured milk”), eliminate the homeowner-grant program and replace the provincial sales tax with a new value-added tax similar to the harmonized sales tax, concluded the task force in a final report released Thursday.

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The contentious ideas appeared to meet with indifference by Finance Minister Carole James, who issued a statement that simply thanked the task force for its work.

“It will be no surprise that a return to the HST is not on the table, and we are not considering a tax on sugary drinks or changes to the home owner grant at this time,” the Finance Ministry said in a statement.