Commentary

The spectre of a recession should be informing our provincial and federal budgets this month, but we are worried that will not be the case with two governments casually treating the public balance sheet.

LMS Reinforcing Steel Group president and chief operating officer Norm Streu’s rhetoric is hard to swallow in his recent commentary for Business in Vancouver on the provincial government’s new Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) construction framework

Note: This column has been updated.

In early January, thanks to science, I received a belated but blessed Christmas gift. A half-sister. We grew up in the same city – two years apart, she of adoption, me of a single mother—unaware of each other until now.

The BC NDP launched the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) initiative last year with the promise that it will deliver “jobs, training and apprenticeships, and more trade opportunities for Indigenous peoples, women and youth around the province.

Over the past couple of years, concerns about racism have entered the realm of international politics.

The BC NDP government seems to hinge a fair amount of its political success by invidiously comparing those who have some wealth with those it courts and cradles.

Discussions related to immigration in Canada have been dominated in recent months by two topics: refugee claimants and family reunification. On social media, the conversations can often take a nasty turn.

This week in our community is normally a poignant, joyful injection of optimism and best wishes as we enter the Lunar New Year. But we have reason to be nervous and anxious as the Year of the Pig ensues.

If we want to stop making a mockery of the term “transparency,” then our institutions have to accept they will be made a mockery of at times.