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UBC professor rebuts criticism of Site C dam economics study

UBC professor rebuts criticism of Site C dam economics study

In his “UBC Site C dam analysis misses mark on electricity demand” commentary ( Business in Vancouver issue 1435; May 2-8), Blair King makes some significant errors that bear correcting.
Metro Vancouver needs a cohesive economic development plan

Metro Vancouver needs a cohesive economic development plan

In today’s global economy, the competition for talent, investment and high-value business activity increasingly is playing out at the metropolitan level.
Enter the political purgatory

Enter the political purgatory

We held a 28-day election campaign to create B.C.’s tightest result. Now we will endure a blackout of at least 14 days – an eerie political limbo – to await the truest result.
Editorial: It’s time to push B.C.’s port potential

Editorial: It’s time to push B.C.’s port potential

Analysts see more light on 2017’s global shipping horizon. That’s encouraging for international container carriers, which collectively suffered a disastrous year in 2016.
Canada’s national free trade opportunity poured down the drain

Canada’s national free trade opportunity poured down the drain

The new Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) is no great accomplishment. Instead of free exchange, most of the deal’s convoluted text entrenches protectionism, with some 130 pages of exemptions.
Skilled trades need to be part of Canada’s innovation conversation

Skilled trades need to be part of Canada’s innovation conversation

Canada's economic landscape is changing. Look no further than the March 22 federal budget and follow the money. Big chunks of funding will be delivered to the likes of artificial intelligence, clean tech, the digital economy and agri-food.
NDP fails to make a convincing case to B.C. voters

NDP fails to make a convincing case to B.C. voters

The conventional political wisdom – that governments are not defeated so much as they defeat themselves – might well apply Tuesday.
Editorial: High times, low productivity in B.C.

Editorial: High times, low productivity in B.C.

Street-level 4-20 concerns are about to shift from Vancouver’s Sunset Beach to B.C. C-suites.
Housing, health care stay solidly atop list of B.C. voters’ concerns

Housing, health care stay solidly atop list of B.C. voters’ concerns

Economy and jobs, issues that handily topped the charts in the elections of 2009 and 2013, dropped to third place in the middle of the 2017 campaign As the British Columbia electoral campaign heads to its final week, the perceptions of residents on t
UBC Site C dam analysis misses mark on electricity demand

UBC Site C dam analysis misses mark on electricity demand

When you combine the costs of the turbines, the transmission lines and the pumped hydro storage, wind is no longer cheaper than Site C, but rather ends up being a lot more expensive Like many energy wonks, I obtained a copy of the University of Briti