Commentary

The BC NDP government’s efforts thus far in ensuring the wider world knows the province is still open for business have been uneven at best.

I subscribe to the view you should never put anything online you couldn’t stand to see on the newspaper’s front page. I’ve tried, anyway.

The BC NDP government is on the right track with its March 16 high-speed rail initiative announcement. Better Cascadian connections with Washington state and Oregon will accelerate development of the region’s innovation talent and tech-hub ambitions.

News flash, December 11, 2017: B.C. Premier John Horgan says the province will proceed with the Site C hydroelectric project, over the strenuous objection of his party’s partner in minority government, Andrew Weaver of the BC Green Party.

On the surface, the process of selling a business is much of what you’d expect: valuations, numbers, negotiations and legal documentation.

Beware the simple solution. Beware the slogan. Beware the spin. Our housing crisis is as complex as any medical mystery. Its diagnosis is difficult and the causes and prescriptions are nearly impossible to define and determine.

Imminent workplace disruption or long-term business bonanza? Those are among the automation acceleration outcomes coming sooner rather than later. Canada needs to prepare now if it hopes to maximize that equation for its economy.

Welcome to a new era of activist government. In the last two years, both the federal and provincial governments have outlined more ambitious policy agendas.

OIL: three little letters that evoke incredible emotion in B.C., Alberta and around the world. Oil has been used in the construction of walls and towers in Babylon and has been used for heating by the Chinese for more than 2,000 years.

Listen, John Horgan, we thought you at least knew we wanted to have fun. Sure, you were going to tax the bejeezus out of us. Sure, you were going to confuse us with your one-day-for-Site-C, one-day-against-Kinder-Morgan thing.