B.C.’s housing market and government intervention, including the foreign buyer’s tax and Vancouver’s tax on empty homes, dominated headlines this year. With the provincial economy propped up by real estate, what will happen if the housing market cools down too much?
We’re still parsing out the meaning of Donald Trump’s shocking election. Which campaign promises will he keep? TPP is dead, but will the wall with Mexico actually be built? What about NAFTA?
And pipeline approvals in Western Canada will be key stories in 2017, especially the approval of the Kinder Morgan project. Justin Trudeau’s backing of those pipelines is not a shock given the state of the economy.
Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin provide the analysis.
