Commentary

The year ahead is fraught with uncertainty, challenges and opportunities. Blending all three to ensure economic viability and livability is possible, but it will only happen through collaboration and the mindset of taking mitigated risks.

The year 2018 will be the year of the “radical doer” – people whose bias to action makes them too impatient to wait for systems or consensus, convinced that if they do the right thing now, the rest will learn and follow.

The labour movement has always been politically active.

2017 was exciting for B.C.’s content creators.

The coming year will be one of continued progress towards recognition of Indigenous rights and title.

2017 proved to be an intriguing year as it pertained to Indigenous issues, and 2018 promises to be just as interesting. Some highlights of 2017 include the election of four Indigenous MLAs in B.C.

Although B.C. has enjoyed the strongest economy in the country for several years, the benefits have not been shared equally.

I was asked recently, as part of a Canada 150 initiative, about my favourite place in our country. I’d liken this deliberation to the impossible conundrum of choosing a favourite child.

Taking stock of the landscape on the eve of 2018, it is evident that the Mining Association of BC (MABC) has an important task for the year ahead.

"May you live in interesting times.” It’s supposed to be an ancient Chinese curse (though in truth, its first recorded use was in England in 1936). But, regardless of its origin, it’s an apt expression as we head into 2018.