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OPINION: Is Canada’s labour-intensive economic strategy working? (Globe & Mail)

OPINION: Is Canada’s labour-intensive economic strategy working? (Globe & Mail)

Economic growth in Canada is expected to slip to 1.3 per cent in 2019, according to the Bank of…

July 22, 2019 - Insights

OPINION: Technological disruption unlikely to trigger labour doomsday (Business in Vancouver, Prince George Citizen)

OPINION: Technological disruption unlikely to trigger labour doomsday (Business in Vancouver, Prince George Citizen)

Today, economists and policy analysts interested in the future of work are confronted with a mix of…

July 18, 2019 - Insights

OPINION: B.C. must find new ways to grow economy as housing market unfurls

OPINION: B.C. must find new ways to grow economy as housing market unfurls

As the province’s long-running real estate and housing boom unwinds, it is important to identify…

July 15, 2019 - Insights

OPINION: Towards Innovation-Based Economic Growth

OPINION: Towards Innovation-Based Economic Growth

As the province’s long-running real estate and housing boom comes to a painful but inevitable end,…

July 15, 2019 - Insights

A Snapshot of Corporate British Columbia

A Snapshot of Corporate British Columbia

BC Business magazine has just published its latest list of the “top 100” companies based in British…

July 09, 2019 - Insights

OPINION: Trouble in B.C.’s woods means trouble for the province’s economy (Business in Vancouver)

OPINION: Trouble in B.C.’s woods means trouble for the province’s economy (Business in Vancouver)

Battered and bleeding, the B.C. lumber industry has seen better days. Today, it is grappling with…

June 19, 2019 - Insights

Business in Vancouver: Is money laundering driving the B.C. real estate bus?

Business in Vancouver: Is money laundering driving the B.C. real estate bus?

[EXCERPT] Meanwhile, the Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC) estimated in 2016 about…

May 28, 2019 - Media

OPINION: The messy mathematics of British Columbia’s CleanBC plan (Business in Vancouver)

OPINION: The messy mathematics of British Columbia’s CleanBC plan (Business in Vancouver)

Climate change is a pre-eminent topic these days, especially as evidence accumulates that the…

May 21, 2019 - Insights

Cloverdale Reporter: B.C. NDP using ‘sledge hammer’ on contract employers, business group says

Cloverdale Reporter: B.C. NDP using ‘sledge hammer’ on contract employers, business group says

[EXCERPT]The B.C. government’s plan to expand union succession protection to a wide range of…

May 17, 2019 - Media

Business in Vancouver: B.C. exports at risk as U.S.-China rift escalates

Business in Vancouver: B.C. exports at risk as U.S.-China rift escalates

[EXCERPT]“Higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods may cause Chinese companies to dump them into…

May 16, 2019 - Media

Business in Vancouver: B.C. business resigned to union-friendly labour code changes

Business in Vancouver: B.C. business resigned to union-friendly labour code changes

[EXCERPT] For the first time since 2002, British Columbia’s labour code has been amended after a…

May 13, 2019 - Media

OPINION: B.C. won’t be able to quit fossil fuels any time soon (Troy Media & The Orca)

OPINION: B.C. won’t be able to quit fossil fuels any time soon (Troy Media & The Orca)

Metro Vancouver residents are rightly upset over paying the highest gasoline prices ever recorded…

May 08, 2019 - Insights

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