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The lack of private sector job creation in B.C. should be setting off alarm bells

Ken Peacock 2024-07-30 Ken Peacock 2024-07-30

The lack of private sector job creation in B.C. should be setting off alarm bells

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Bold Ideas for a Brighter Future

BCBC 2024-07-11 BCBC 2024-07-11

Bold Ideas for a Brighter Future

BCBC’s June 2024 Business Summit Summary

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Federal budget must face up to a lost decade for Canadian prosperity

David Williams 2024-03-08 David Williams 2024-03-08

Federal budget must face up to a lost decade for Canadian prosperity

A key metric of Canadian prosperity has retreated to its level of almost a decade ago

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Federal and B.C. governments must improve their fiscal transparency

David Williams 2024-01-29 David Williams 2024-01-29

Federal and B.C. governments must improve their fiscal transparency

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Canada’s post-pandemic economic recovery was the 5th weakest in the OECD

David Williams 2023-11-04 David Williams 2023-11-04

Canada’s post-pandemic economic recovery was the 5th weakest in the OECD

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Federal and B.C. governments forecast an 8-year retreat in living standards

David Williams 2023-10-25 David Williams 2023-10-25

Federal and B.C. governments forecast an 8-year retreat in living standards

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Income inequality has fallen for twenty years in Canada and B.C.

David Williams 2023-08-30 David Williams 2023-08-30

Income inequality has fallen for twenty years in Canada and B.C.

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Government’s own modelling shows its CleanBC plan will dampen economic growth and set B.C.’s prosperity back more than a decade

Ken Peacock & Denise Mullen 2023-08-09 Ken Peacock & Denise Mullen 2023-08-09

Government’s own modelling shows its CleanBC plan will dampen economic growth and set B.C.’s prosperity back more than a decade

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Federal migration policy disconnected from housing supply reality

Ken Peacock 2023-07-19 Ken Peacock 2023-07-19

Federal migration policy disconnected from housing supply reality

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