Commentary

The state of the north has a lot to do with the state of the south in B.C. The bad news for the north and the rest of the province, however, is that the urban economic engine in the southwest knows too little about the north and what it means to B.C.

The Employment Insurance Act (EIA) was recently amended to allow birth mothers to take their employment insurance (EI) benefits over an 18-month period. However, to date, the B.C. Employment Standards Act (ESA) has not been amended.

In the push to normalize electric vehicles, many forget it’s not the end of the road as far as environmental impact is concerned.

Collateral damage from America’s anti-free-trade regime is being felt well beyond the economy.

B.C. has adopted what respected forest ecologist Herb Hammond says is a “crass, colonial approach to ecosystems and the societies that depend upon them.

Loblaws' gift of $25 to all Canadians is really just part of a smoke-and-mirrors campaign. In December, Loblaws confessed to running a price-fixing scheme on bread with supplier Weston Bakeries, a sister company.

Top talent doesn’t come cheap. That marketplace reality is readily accepted in the world of sports and entertainment but not in business.

As finance ministers across Canada start putting the finishing touches on their 2018 budgets, they are sure to be casting a nervous glance to the south. In late December, the U.S.

For my first column of the new year, I’ve dipped into my collection of irrational, damaging or downright dumb happenings in 2017.

Metro Vancouver developers are bracing for the impact of another development cost charge (DCC) increase grenade rolled under their chairs from the Metro Vancouver Regional District.