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Tips for tapping into Western Canada’s red-hot M&A deal flow

Tips for tapping into Western Canada’s red-hot M&A deal flow

Frothy valuations in public equity markets are turning more investors to private markets for returns, and there are lots of opportunities to be had, if you know where to look.
Editorial: Trumpland increases its faux free-trade exports

Editorial: Trumpland increases its faux free-trade exports

Negotiators and politicians got one thing right when they christened the North American Free Trade Agreement replacement: it contains no reference to free trade.
BC Liberals tapping the fear factor in the electoral reform debate

BC Liberals tapping the fear factor in the electoral reform debate

Fear is an accomplished, even admired weapon of politics. It stirs our fight-or-flight instincts and moves people more swiftly than anything to support or oppose.
More risky business for employers: new data breach regulations

More risky business for employers: new data breach regulations

To date, when they have suffered a data breach, B.C.-based employers have generally had to concern only themselves with asset protection. Notification of customers or the regulator has not been required by legislation.
No clear front-runners as yet in B.C.’s electoral reform debate

No clear front-runners as yet in B.C.’s electoral reform debate

At the end of this month, electoral packages will begin to arrive at households in British Columbia. The 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform will ask eligible voters two questions.
Questions answered, answers questioned in LNG Canada decision

Questions answered, answers questioned in LNG Canada decision

This much is clear: the formal Final Investment Decision of the LNG Canada megaproject is an extraordinary opportunity for Northern BC and for Canada and a test of our abilities to deliver our energy to the wider world.
Global vaccination awareness needs another shot in the arm

Global vaccination awareness needs another shot in the arm

A few weeks ago, the World Health Organization expressed great concern over the low rates of childhood immunization observed in some European countries.
U.S. bully lets Canada off with a light roughing-up in NAFTA deal

U.S. bully lets Canada off with a light roughing-up in NAFTA deal

The moral of the story: Bullies win. Often. Canada has little to show for its negotiation of a new trade pact with the United States and Mexico.
Editorial: Canadian capital investment alert

Editorial: Canadian capital investment alert

Another checkup on Canada’s business fitness has yielded another warning.
Trade disaster looms if PM has miscalculated NAFTA negotiation

Trade disaster looms if PM has miscalculated NAFTA negotiation

Any day now, I worry, we will hear that time is up on trying to graciously appease America’s appetite anew to claw further into our domestic policies – that the three-sided North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will be bread put out of pique by