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Ottawa’s housing strategy falls short in fight against homelessness

Ottawa’s housing strategy falls short in fight against homelessness

There is nothing so cruel in politics as a broken promise to the vulnerable. In fixing things, politics can help people fix themselves. But a broken promise is further trauma, insult to injury for those too familiar with disappointment.
Brexit withdrawal; interest rates up; more transatlantic business

Brexit withdrawal; interest rates up; more transatlantic business

Brexit: politics The U.K. government has tabled a European Union (EU) Withdrawal Bill, which sets March 29, 2019, as the date for the U.K.’s departure, and aims to turn EU laws into U.K. laws. The aim: a smooth transition.
Scheer determination needed to refloat Tories’ big blue boat

Scheer determination needed to refloat Tories’ big blue boat

Phase 2 of national party leadership is when the real slog begins, when you broaden your listening from the last race to get the job to start listening to the wider country in the next race for the big job.
Amazon flirtation good practice for B.C.’s high-tech talent pool

Amazon flirtation good practice for B.C.’s high-tech talent pool

Some might criticize Vancouver’s recent bid to land Amazon HQ2, but I’m not one of them. We shouldn’t be disillusioned that Amazon’s decision seems to be rapidly narrowing in favour of northeast U.S.
Editorial: Sounding Canadian financial illiteracy alarms

Editorial: Sounding Canadian financial illiteracy alarms

November has become synonymous with the Movember campaign to raise awareness of the threats to male health from prostate and testicular cancer.
How government can help build bigger businesses in B.C.

How government can help build bigger businesses in B.C.

To build a more prosperous economy, new businesses have to be created and some existing firms must grow.
Amazon flirtation good practice for B.C.’s high-tech talent pool

Amazon flirtation good practice for B.C.’s high-tech talent pool

Some might criticize Vancouver’s recent bid to land Amazon HQ2, but I’m not one of them. We shouldn’t be disillusioned that Amazon’s decision seems to be rapidly narrowing in favour of northeast U.S.
Sleep-Out volunteers make a statement about homelessness

Sleep-Out volunteers make a statement about homelessness

There were another 60 or so of us on the streets of Vancouver overnight in the chilled rain.
Ten ways that Donald Trump’s election has improved the world

Ten ways that Donald Trump’s election has improved the world

It feels oh so much longer, doesn’t it? Almost can’t remember what it was like before. Last week was the anniversary of the election of Donald Trump.
Editorial: NDP set to sink aquaculture initiative

Editorial: NDP set to sink aquaculture initiative

B.C.’s NDP government needs to heed numbers, not just environmental and political theories, when it embarks on changes that threaten to sink viable and growing enterprises.