Commentary

Privacy issues related to social media have been all over the news in the last few months.

To: David Eby, B.C. Attorney General. Re: Bill C-20. Dear Minister Eby: You may remember me from law school. I began my legal career at a large Vancouver firm, working for insurance companies, before moving to a smaller firm.

Transportation electrification initiatives are making significant inroads into the marketplace, but they’re not about to displace internal combustion machinery any time soon.

There is an old Yiddish curse that warns that you better be careful what you wish for – you might just get it. Many believe that new taxes recently announced by the BC NDP government are designed to make housing more affordable in Greater Vancouver.

We live in a world of instant gratification, in an age of just-good-enough products and at a time of impatience and distraction. That doesn’t mean we have to cater to it.

If we are serious about slowing the hyperactive escalator lifting our housing prices to higher and higher levels, then we have to push the emergency button and explore what part is malfunctioning.

It is a Kinder Surprise. Taxpayers have bought an expensive version of the chocolate egg. We can only guess what’s inside and what it will create.

While the search for residential property affordability in the Lower Mainland drags on, the search for ways to preserve farmland’s economic viability in the region deserves more attention than it’s getting.

When it comes time to sell your business, private equity inevitably becomes a hot topic of conversation.

Wave the white flag. Surrender. Another tax is coming. It could come in three or four years, possibly five, most likely six, maybe even seven. It could be three or four dollars a day for drivers, maybe five or six or seven or eight.