Commentary

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.

A few weeks ago we wrote on how many businesses in our neighbourhood here at Business in Vancouver felt the formation of a business improvement association (BIA) was being thrust upon them, along with a surtax to finance it. In B.C.

Last week the provincial government surveyed ticket buyers about how to improve the much-criticized system of online sales. We obtained an early draft of its survey we believe to be authentic.

Leaders who are willing to change direction based on women’s input are more than twice as likely to tap into winning ideas. This research is from a Harvard Business Review study called How Women Drive Innovation and Growth . Think about it.

It would be funny if it weren’t so serious. First, Donald Trump invokes a 1962 measure on national security to impose global tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum.

In government, when in doubt, delay. When you want to delay, study. When you study, admit you might be dooming the idea.

An American journalist friend told me last week that a Canadian cannot understand what guns mean to his country any more than an American can understand what hockey means to ours.

At a time of serious North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations and the attempt to reach a fair deal for Canadians, Americans and Mexicans, it is interesting that the B.C.