Commentary

the last 10 years, the North American transaction market has been strong and business valuations have been rising.

In 2010, the Women’s Executive Network selected me as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women. My reaction was one of mixed emotions; I was honoured, elated, humbled yet a bit embarrassed.

After Quebec began the implementation of a nearly universal child care system in 1997, many other jurisdictions in Canada have attempted to emulate the policy.

My company’s email address has been active for just over a year. In that span, I have received an extraordinary array of messages that echo the so-called “Nigerian scam.” Among all of the communications I have received, one stands out from the pack.

I remember my pack-a-day mother swearing off cigarettes when the doctor scheduled her for a partial lung removal. She lived for more than a decade afterward, but the damage had been done. But at least my mother had a plan to move forward.

The departure of the Vancouver International Maritime Centre (VIMC) looms as a significant loss for more than the city’s global shipping hub aspirations. It will be a major missed opportunity for industry diversification in British Columbia.

It has been evident in recent weeks and months that the federal government is in a weak position – even though it might proceed – to grant the go-ahead to widen the Trans Mountain pipeline.

The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has upheld a labour arbitration award that endorsed an employer’s refusal to employ a user of medical cannabis. In International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Loc. 1620 vs.

Marketing and branding cannabis and its derivatives in Canada presents significant challenges. The federal government built the marketing restrictions in the federal Cannabis Act on the restrictions developed for the tobacco industry.

With the school year about to end, it is a good time to take a look at the education system.