Commentary

Blockades provide a moment or two to think. In Canada’s case, it’s often far more than a moment or two. Political dithering over timely resolution to conflict guarantees that. So there is a lot of time for thinking and rethinking.

Earlier this month, when his leadership bid for the Conservative Party of Canada came under fierce criticism over the handling of a taped television interview, Peter MacKay sent a letter to federal Justice Minister David Lametti.

Only the board of directors and senior executives of Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. can provide the real story on why the company’s Frontier oilsands project was pulled Sunday. But there are many tea leaves to read.

In 2017 you would have been lost in a large, skeptical crowd certain how the BC NDP would steward the economy in British Columbia. There weren’t even bets to take on it.

As Canadian snowstorms go, the experience of British Columbians last month seemed uneventful when compared to the grisly situation that the residents of Newfoundland and Labrador endured.

In this column, we review industry growth patterns in B.C.

It reads more like a press release than a budget, more like an annual report than next year’s plan.

As British Columbia observes its second Family Day on the same date as other Canadian provinces, Research Co. looked at the way parents in B.C. are feeling about the present and the future.

Recent rogue waves hammering Canada’s transpacific trade outlook should be raising red flags in Victoria and Ottawa. But there is little sign of leadership on either political bridge.

We all love stability in our economy. At a personal level: predictable prices for food and shelter, incomes we can count on, taxes that don’t gyrate.