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Canada killing resource industry goose that laid the golden egg

Canada killing resource industry goose that laid the golden egg

With the cancellation of TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline – after the company spent $1 billion trying to jump through ever-changing regulatory and political hoops – Canadians should remind themselves where much of our country’s recent econ
Doctoral education: oxygen for productivity and innovation

Doctoral education: oxygen for productivity and innovation

Business leaders handle multiple problems and decisions every day.
CBC’s innovative enterprise in question with launch of The New National

CBC’s innovative enterprise in question with launch of The New National

On Opening Night for our public broadcaster’s most significant initiative to redefine its relevance, there wasn’t much to support the expectation.
New Site C reality: damned if you do the dam, damned if you don’t

New Site C reality: damned if you do the dam, damned if you don’t

Sometimes in life you have to choose which of two questions to answer: How on earth did this happen? Or: what on earth do I do now? In John Horgan’s case, there might be a related question to answer: why exactly did I take this job? Short of ceding t
BCUC performed an impossible task efficiently and accurately

BCUC performed an impossible task efficiently and accurately

On August 3, 2017, John Horgan’s BC NDP government gave the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) an impossible charge: review the then-$8 billion Site C project (now the $10 billion Site C project) in three gruelling months.
Case provides an expensive lesson in performance management

Case provides an expensive lesson in performance management

At the beginning of any performance management process, the employer must set reasonable, objective standards of performance Performance management of an underperforming employee is one of the more challenging human resources tasks for employers.
Why companies need a document retention and destruction policy

Why companies need a document retention and destruction policy

In movies about spies, self-destructing messages offer a convenient way to secretly communicate. While businesses sometimes have a similar need for privacy, self-destructing messages are not a viable option.
Editorial: There’s no good Plan B for Site C in B.C.

Editorial: There’s no good Plan B for Site C in B.C.

The previous BC Liberal government’s decision to build a third dam on the Peace River without the multibillion-dollar project first undergoing BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) scrutiny has left the province with a lot of Site C choices.
BCUC performed an impossible task efficiently and accurately

BCUC performed an impossible task efficiently and accurately

On August 3, 2017, John Horgan’s BC NDP government gave the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) an impossible charge: review the then-$8 billion Site C project (now the $10 billion Site C project) in three gruelling months.
Case provides an expensive lesson in performance management

Case provides an expensive lesson in performance management

Performance management of an underperforming employee is one of the more challenging human resources tasks for employers.