Commentary

Motion pictures and television shows from the late 1990s feature many images of people driving while using a cellphone – and not just in emergencies.

Since its inception in 1887, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has borne witness to world wars, the Great Depression and shifting economic landscapes.

Although 2020 has been a disruptive year due to Covid-19 and has negatively impacted many aspects of our lives, I believe we are finally seeing some substantive progress on Indigenous matters.

When this year began, we had no idea what it would have in store for us. The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down and presented challenges we could never have imagined just 12 months ago.

2020 will go down as one for the record books. COVID-19 has forever changed our views toward many things and brought economies to a halt in countless jurisdictions. Here in B.C.

Two rules in politics are simple to follow: 1) Do not overpromise and underdeliver. 2) Do not preach what you do not practice.

The pandemic possibility parade is getting longer as the virus-enforced Great Rethink continues to close shopworn views and open new windows of opportunity. The human resources window is at the heart of the COVID-19 disruption.

Immigration has been one of the casualties of COVID-19. Individuals and families that had already been authorized to settle in Canada have been told to wait longer, in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.

I want to use this column as a different form of communication with our readers, subscribers and advertisers. The end of a year is an opportunity to take stock. Bear with mine.

As we reflect on the last 12 months, it’s an understatement to say 2020 is shaping up to be an extraordinary year, and not in a positive sense.