Commentary

The legislation is soon upon us. Regulation is to come. Legalization beckons. Meantime, the unsanctioned annual 4/20 smoke-in/smoke-out is Game On. We get it. We aren’t stuck in the 19th century. We are stuck, though.

Canada can’t expect to improve its economic growth without a better understanding of who is responsible for growth.

According to bestselling author Seth Godin, the secret to marketing is no secret at all: “word of mouth is all that matters.” Godin defines marketing as “the art of making something that people want to talk about.

The province’s Crown energy corporation is juggling a difficult balance of power: promoting energy conservation while defending its case for sinking billions into the Site C dam project and the capacity it will add to B.C.’s power grid.

Invest in RRSPs or other vehicles that are “judgment-proof.” If the worst happens you still have retirement funds The advice in this column is easy to put into place and will offer protection for personal assets in the case of a business failure.

There has been much ink spilled on the topic of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions.

I love reading, and a most interesting title recently arrived on my desk. I’d like to share some excerpts now. It’s called the City of Vancouver Language and Terminology Guide, Vol. 2017.

The average investor underperforms virtually all other traditional asset classes, even when inflation increases are included. J.P. Morgan, comparing 20-year annualized returns by asset class, found the average investor rings in at 2.

The war on cars has just begun. If you thought a few bike lanes were an issue, wait until you see what Uber, Tesla, GM and a plethora of ride-share companies are planning. This isn’t, strictly speaking, a “war on cars.

Unless you’re there on a Saturday, constantly trying to avoid collisions with oversized shopping carts, you probably like Costco, even though it will cost you more to shop there as of June.