Commentary

The holiday season is a time both for reflection and for looking ahead to the future.

Mobile digital technology at the end of 2016 appears to be securing a foothold in the 21st-century financial world, but fintech speed and convenience will be of little benefit without increased financial literacy.

2016 began in the shadow of the unsuccessful Metro Vancouver transit plebiscite, yet it has ended with significant momentum for the future of our region’s transit and transportation networks.

If you listen carefully, at the end of each calendar year you hear a gusty communal exhalation of relief.

It’s been an eventful 12 months, and anyone asked to identify the biggest economic stories of the year faces a cornucopia of choices. To my mind, four stand out – three are “external” to B.C., while the final story unfolded within the province.

In 2016, a major debate was reignited around the ethics of our political finance rules that allow unlimited corporate and union money to flow into party coffers As we come to the end of 2016, I have found myself thinking about the reasons that I chos

In 54 published pages last week, a federal task force set out to demolish our history of demonization of those who use and produce cannabis.

Just two years ago, as the final decision was being made to start construction of the Site C Clean Energy Project, a real consideration was whether it could trigger a skilled labour shortage in B.C.

Justin Trudeau’s recent Western Canada pipeline decision needs to be followed up now with a long-term energy game plan for the entire country. That will test far more than political will out West.

You may be qualified and ready to run your business. But that doesn’t mean you’re qualified and ready to write your own business plan.