Jock Finlayson

CBC: B.C. business council calls for more help for ailing consumer-based industries

CBC: B.C. business council calls for more help for ailing consumer-based industries

[EXCERPT]B.C. business leaders are worried industries selling consumer services such as tourism,…

March 30, 2020 - Media

Vancouver Sun: COVID-19: Struggling small businesses in B.C. consider Ottawa's new measures

Vancouver Sun: COVID-19: Struggling small businesses in B.C. consider Ottawa's new measures

[EXCERPT]Many B.C. small businesses are slashing staff, closing and giving up on long-held dreams…

March 30, 2020 - Media

Vancouver Sun: COVID-19: B.C. economy could face biggest drop in 70 years if pandemic shutdowns linger: report

Vancouver Sun: COVID-19: B.C. economy could face biggest drop in 70 years if pandemic shutdowns linger: report

[EXCERPT]B.C.’s hotel, restaurant, retail, entertainment and tourism sectors will be devastated by…

March 30, 2020 - Media

BUSINESS ALERT | Preliminary Estimates of the Impact Of COVID-19 and Related Containment Measures on the B.C. Economy in 2020

BUSINESS ALERT | Preliminary Estimates of the Impact Of COVID-19 and Related Containment Measures on the B.C. Economy in 2020

2 Minute Brief The economic impact of the COVID-19 virus is difficult to estimate because the…

March 27, 2020 - Reports & Research

Vancouver Sun: Vaughn Palmer - Bracing for nasty recession, B.C. banking on mega projects to recover

Vancouver Sun: Vaughn Palmer - Bracing for nasty recession, B.C. banking on mega projects to recover

[EXCERPT]The B.C. Business Council, drawing on the depressing evidence from myriad sectors,…

March 26, 2020 - Media

Global News: Coronavirus recession: B.C. economy could shrink 7-12%, analyst warns

Global News: Coronavirus recession: B.C. economy could shrink 7-12%, analyst warns

[EXCERPT] British Columbia is headed into a potentially nasty recession, according to the latest…

March 25, 2020 - Media

CKNW: The Simi Sara Show - B.C. Business Impact After COVID-19

CKNW: The Simi Sara Show - B.C. Business Impact After COVID-19

As the provincial government blows up their budget in an attempt to cushion the blow of COVID-19,…

March 24, 2020 - Media

Business in Vancouver: Closing time: B.C. businesses brace for the worst from pandemic

Business in Vancouver: Closing time: B.C. businesses brace for the worst from pandemic

[EXCERPT]Canada’s economic response plan is set to deliver up to $27 billion in direct support to…

March 23, 2020 - Media

Vancouver Sun: COVID-19 pandemic could shrink B.C. economy by 12 per cent despite $5 billion government action plan

Vancouver Sun: COVID-19 pandemic could shrink B.C. economy by 12 per cent despite $5 billion government action plan

[EXCERPT]B.C.’s economic plan represents an eight per cent boost to the $60-billion B.C. budget…

March 23, 2020 - Media

OPINION: This is not a time for business as usual

OPINION: This is not a time for business as usual

It’s been happening so fast we haven’t yet had time to be astonished. So it is with the quickly…

March 23, 2020 - Insights

Globe and Mail: Ottawa can spend a lot more to help reeling industries, economists say

Globe and Mail: Ottawa can spend a lot more to help reeling industries, economists say

[EXCERPT]Jock Finlayson, executive vice-president at the Business Council of British Columbia, said…

March 22, 2020 - Media

BIV Talks: The Economic Impact of COVID-19

BIV Talks: The Economic Impact of COVID-19

The Global pandemic COVID-19 has already had an affect on the economy both on a national and…

March 19, 2020 - Media

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