Commentary

At times it feels like the pandemic has given too many people too much time on their hands.

As economies across most of the developed world reopen after struggling through seemingly endless months of COVID-19, the revival in labour demand has taken many employers and policymakers by surprise.

Canada’s labour market continued to mend in July as third-wave restrictions eased, but the pace of recovery underwhelmed expectations. Total employment rose by 94,000 persons or 0.

The B.C. government’s recently released hydrogen strategy – a thoughtful plan to create and use clean hydrogen – contains an implicit acknowledgement: the world is moving away from fossil fuels and toward low-carbon alternatives. B.C.

Every year, Research Co. and Glacier Media ask Canadians about their perceptions on separation, joining the United States, and the state of affairs under their current premier and prime minister.

Fear, and the raising of it, has been weaponized quickly in the federal election campaign. Generally speaking, the approach works. Personal attack, and the presence of it, has been tried as a portion of the arsenal, too.

Taming the wildfire factor is only a small piece of the transportation security puzzle facing B.C. and the rest of Canada.

In eight of the last nine Canadian federal elections, British Columbia was a province where centre-right parties dominated. A steady climb began with the Reform Party garnering 36% of the vote in 1993 and improving to 43% in 1997.

I am a registered professional forester in B.C. and proud of it. B.C. is a world leader in sustainable forest management, backed by rigorous laws and independent third-party certification. I am also proud of the contribution forestry makes to B.C.

It reveals yet one more character flaw in Justin Trudeau that he would seize such advantage of circumstance to hold a federal election no one really needs but one he really wants.