The Stronger Tomorrow, Starting Today plan provides clear actions that can build confidence and help to establish the conditions necessary for a prosperous future.
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Recovery can be done in a way that allows for B.C. to be positioned globally as both a low carbon producer of high quality natural resource and energy products and one that supports job growth, innovation and recovery here at home.
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B.C. has extensive natural gas resources and is proximate to Asian markets where demand for natural gas continues to rise. The potential benefits to B.C. from the emerging LNG export industry are significant.
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B.C. introduced the PST when the Queen was a princess. A lot has changed over the last 70 years. Unfortunately, the PST has aged poorly and is now an archaic tool in a modern world that doesn’t meet the needs of people, the economy, or governments today.
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It is critical that employment be recovered as quickly as possible because of the insidious effects of sustained unemployment. Long term unemployment, which will be defined here as being unemployed for more than one year, tends to spike following recessions.
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Since the early 2000s, Canada has for the most part been getting better at sharing the economic pie. Unfortunately, the country has been less successful in increasing the size of that pie,.
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As the global population climbs, so too will the demand for energy. The question is what types of energy will be produced and for what purposes, in a world where fossil fuels still supply four-fifths of all energy.
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By David Williams in Economy
The public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic saw an extraordinary number of Canadian workers laid off or furloughed during March and April. Employment has only partially recovered since. The longer the duration of unemployment, the greater the risk of long term unemployment with all its…
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By Greg D'Avignon in Economy
Despite being one of the world’s great certainties, we often forget that taxes exist to generate…
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By Jock Finlayson in Economy
Since the early 2000s, Canada has for the most part been getting better at sharing the economic pie. Unfortunately, the country has been less successful in increasing the size of that pie, which does not augur well for a swift postpandemic recovery.
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By Colin Wong in Economy
So far, through the pandemic, British Columbians have successfully come together while staying…
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