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Vancouver health centres, North Shore schools, and acres of agricultural land in Surrey are among the 164 pieces of “surplus” land that British Columbia has sold for more than $1 billion since 2013.

B.C.’s auditor general concluded this land sale program, the Release of Assets for Economic Generation, which was created by the former Liberal government, had “room for improvement” after she analyzed its first two years.

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Postmedia has compiled information on all the deals from 2013 to today to look at what has been sold, who bought it, and whether taxpayers benefited.

The examination found several curious transactions, including properties that changed hands twice on the same day, benefiting the first buyers and not the government; large land parcels sold to developers who immediately had them subdivided for dramatic increases in their value; and land the government leased back after selling it because they still needed the properties.