Commentary

Statistics Canada’s latest Labour Force Survey confirms that the rebound in employment from the COVID shock stalled over the spring. Nationally, the labour market shed 275,000 jobs in April and May combined.

In reading the BC Liberals’ report about its October 2020 election campaign, it is hard to believe it was a North American political juggernaut only three years earlier.

Getting the immigration equation right in Canada is critical to the future well-being of the country’s economy. Sheer numbers are not going to do it for immigrants or for Canada.

Vancouver’s housing crisis is getting worse under Kennedy Stewart because he doesn’t understand his role as mayor and refuses to build the coalition on council required to solve it.

B.C. has a reopening plan, and we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. As we look to reopen and rebuild, we should expect our leaders to deliver increased transparency and accountability.

One of the aspects of our lives that will face remarkable challenges once the COVID-19 pandemic ends is transportation. Cities across the country endured weeks and months of empty roads and few transit users.

It is called an RFP. It does not stand – but could – for Really Freaking Perturbing. Rather, it is an acronym for Request for Proposals. Two of them are the latest battlefield weapons by the City of Vancouver in its war on the driver.

Canada and Vietnam have shared a longstanding relationship based on trade, development and immigration. Over the past several years, this relationship has deepened considerably.

Even in a year that has focused primarily on mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic, certain aspects of life in Canada must continue without restrictions. One of them is the judicial branch.

Things at the fish oil factory had taken a dark turn for David Matthews. For 14 years, Matthews was a key senior management employee at Ocean Nutrition Canada in Nova Scotia.