Commentary

Today, economists and policy analysts interested in the future of work are confronted with a mix of conflicting evidence and forecasts.

In October 2012, a survey I conducted asked Canadians about the proposed takeover of Calgary-based oil and gas company Nexen Inc. by China’s state-owned CNOOC Ltd.

The fight to clean up the world’s energy portfolio needs more than opposition forces. It needs champions of viable alternatives. It also needs informed public discourse if we are to progress beyond emotional sloganeering and political posturing.

The most apt description for an adult Canadian is progressive and conservative. We are socially liberal and fiscally not. We want government in our lives to help us be our best, help those in need, but not help itself to our incomes through taxes.

A few years ago I wrote a column in Business in Vancouver encouraging corporate borrowers to write their own credit applications (“Assessing the New Do-It-Yourself Approach to Corporate Borrowing”– issue 1407; October 18–24, 2016).

In May 2011, after voters in Canada delivered what Stephen Harper described in his election night speech as a “a strong, stable, national Conservative majority government,” there was plenty of speculation about changes to regulations related to moral

Canada is not the only country to legalize recreational marijuana. We now join company with South Africa, Georgia and Uruguay.

Late last summer, Research Co. took an early look at the views of British Columbians on the complex issue of automated speed enforcement. At the time, the Insurance Corp.

If a new report on Asian power and influence is anything to go by, Canada is in dire need of a jump-start from within and without.

Institutions fall quickly these days. The New Democratic Party would be well advised to understand that as it staggers almost helplessly into this federal election. Time appears to have passed it by. It is rudderless and rapidly aging out.