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Businesses’ plea for tax relief gets the silent treatment in B.C. budget

Businesses’ plea for tax relief gets the silent treatment in B.C. budget

In most any other year, the revelation that there will be years of provincial deficits ahead would be part of the path of a government certain to fall.
Editorial: Fighting for facts over fiction in Canada

Editorial: Fighting for facts over fiction in Canada

The hard work of separating fact from fiction in Canada’s marketplace of ideas and information is about to get much harder.
Housing-related stress now tops financial worries for B.C. families

Housing-related stress now tops financial worries for B.C. families

While British Columbians have gone through all sorts of emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is safe to say that parents have endured a substantial amount of anxiety.
BC NDP economic plan is long on goals, short on specifics

BC NDP economic plan is long on goals, short on specifics

It is the job, guided by DNA, of an NDP government to enhance the public sector’s involvement in the economy.
Seven in 10 British Columbians approve of John Horgan’s job performance: poll

Seven in 10 British Columbians approve of John Horgan’s job performance: poll

The next provincial election in British Columbia is tentatively scheduled for October 2024.
2022 budget for B.C. needs to be grounded in sound fiscal policy

2022 budget for B.C. needs to be grounded in sound fiscal policy

The BC NDP government’s 2022 budget will be tabled in the third week of February, which happens to coincide with the two-year anniversary of the beginning of the pandemic that continues to roil the world.
Chaos in Canada and the Emergencies Act

Chaos in Canada and the Emergencies Act

It has been quite a crime week in Canada. At the beginning of the week, a cybercriminal hacked into a U.S.
Editorial: Is chronic downtown decay our destiny?

Editorial: Is chronic downtown decay our destiny?

Downtown is not what is used to be – that is evident; what is not so evident, however, is whether downtown will ever be what it used to be. In the case of Vancouver, that is looking more unlikely by the day.
Blunt-force deployment of Emergencies Act highlights poor planning, bad timing

Blunt-force deployment of Emergencies Act highlights poor planning, bad timing

Justin Trudeau’s father, in dealing in 1970 with an apprehended terrorist threat to the safety of Québec and possibly the wider nation, invoked the draconian War Measures Act after telling a reporter: “Just watch me.
Environmental, social, governance disclosure mandates raise key questions

Environmental, social, governance disclosure mandates raise key questions

In recent years, there’s been more pressure for investment managers and managers of active businesses to increase their reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics in their financial and non-financial public disclosures.