Commentary

The notion of Canadians being extremely polite has been around for decades.

Much of what we describe as the future of work is already happening or taking shape today. This can be seen in the rise of the gig economy, which has created more decentralized and nebulous structures in businesses around the world.

Granted, the Business Council of BC crowd is not your basic cross-section of provincial society. Its expectations and evaluations of the federal government’s economic strategy are bound to be more testing and testy.

As Canada prepares for a federal election in the fall, the way in which British Columbians relate to the current governing party will indubitably go through some changes.

Whatever other priorities Bill Morneau’s fourth budget might have had, restoring market confidence in Canada as a good place to do business should have been in the top 10. That confidence is under siege on several fronts.

The idle lot at 58 West Hastings Street is a metaphor for the city’s surreal strategy on how to address its complicated social housing challenge. Nothing happens because everything is expected.

The music industry has undergone one of the biggest revolutions over the past three decades. A countrywide survey by Research Co.

The BC NDP government’s activist policy agenda continues to keep the B.C. business community on its toes. The latest example is the government’s plan to overhaul the Employment Standards Act (ESA).

The cliché is that pre-election budgets are jammed with goodies. The reality for Justin Trudeau is that he needs these goodies in a way he didn’t think he would.

Over the past few weeks, British Columbians who own property received their speculation and vacancy tax notices and were asked to provide information to make themselves exempt from the levy.