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British Columbia’s Technology Guide 2011
The tax machine
REGIONAL SUMMARIES 33
LISTS
Biggest B.C. telecommunication firms — 38 Top 100 high-tech companies in B.C. — 42 Biggest B.C.-based tech companies — 50 Biggest video-game companies in B.C. — 52
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BCTIA TECHNOLOGY IMPACT AWARDS — 55 CATEGORY INDEX 66 TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 66 COMPANY INDEX 77
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FAST FACTS – 6
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 37
goes green
15
Construction
1000+ B.C. companies
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Boosting growth in B.C. Province’s path to leadership – 9 Tax time Industry tackles CRA’s red tape – 12 What you see, what you get Video, special effects, animation – 15 Phone home Mobile marketing bred in B.C. – 18 Sustainable scene Frontiers in green construction – 21 The air space Technical innovation in B.C.’s skies – 25 On the road again Hydrogen-fuel-cell buses, electric vehicles and carbon offsets in rail clean up ground transport’s act – 28 The legal deal Your IP in the Internet age – 30 Keeping watch B.C.’s surveillance sector sets the pace – 32
YEAR IN REVIEW 35
Vid vibes
BCTIA Technology Impact Awards
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