David Williams

Putting the inflation genie back in the bottle

Putting the inflation genie back in the bottle

Highlights Global GDP growth is expected to slow from 6.1% in 2021 to 3.6% in 2022 and 2023.…

June 01, 2022 - Reports & Research

Canada’s productivity performance over the past 20 years

Canada’s productivity performance over the past 20 years

The 2022 Federal Budget (pages 25-26) acknowledges that Canada’s economy has longstanding…

May 24, 2022 - Insights

CFAX The Adam Stirling Show: Interview with David Williams

CFAX The Adam Stirling Show: Interview with David Williams

The Business Council's David Williams, Vice President, Policy, discusses Canada’s poor GDP per…

May 12, 2022 - Media

CKNW: Why do Canadian wages never seem to go up?

CKNW: Why do Canadian wages never seem to go up?

The Business Council's David Williams, Vice President, Policy, joins The Simi Sara Show to Canada's…

May 11, 2022 - Media

Vancouver Sun: Why Canadian wages never seem to go up

Vancouver Sun: Why Canadian wages never seem to go up

COLUMN EXCERPT: Why, when the country’s GDP is expanding, have individual Canadians not been…

May 10, 2022 - Media

Ottawa instigated an epic credit boom, and the party is almost over. It’s time to focus on growing GDP per capita and real incomes

Ottawa instigated an epic credit boom, and the party is almost over. It’s time to focus on growing GDP per capita and real incomes

In a recent Globe and Mail article, business leaders across the country lamented that Ottawa’s…

April 28, 2022 - Insights

National Post: Liberal budget should avoid worsening Canada's economic decline

National Post: Liberal budget should avoid worsening Canada's economic decline

[EXCERPT] A December report by the Business Council of British Columbia analyzed OECD’s findings…

April 05, 2022 - Media

B.C. businesses are growing up: Firms with 50+ employees make up 56% of provincial employment

B.C. businesses are growing up: Firms with 50+ employees make up 56% of provincial employment

An increasing majority of British Columbians work at firms with at least 50 employees. That’s the…

April 04, 2022 - Insights

Toronto Sun: Canada's economic growth dead last

Toronto Sun: Canada's economic growth dead last

[EXCERPT] Highlighted recently by the Business Council of B.C., the report by the Organization for…

April 02, 2022 - Media

Inflation and costs spiral as economic recovery continues

Inflation and costs spiral as economic recovery continues

The latest economic analysis from the Business Council of B.C. offers a slightly downgraded…

March 17, 2022 - Reports & Research

Canadians spent $28,000 per person on government services and supports in 2020/21

Canadians spent $28,000 per person on government services and supports in 2020/21

Recently published Statistics Canada data show that all levels of government – including federal,…

March 01, 2022 - Insights

OPINION: Why Canada’s economic growth is expected to be dead last among advanced countries

OPINION: Why Canada’s economic growth is expected to be dead last among advanced countries

The Trudeau government’s economic growth strategy rests on four shaky pillars. First, exceptionally…

February 24, 2022 - Insights