Commentary

We are now in the musical interlude phase of the two-act play involving the 41st general election in British Columbia, and there has been no onstage performance like it in theatrical history.

Three adversaries become three amigos? In B.C. politics that’s highly unlikely, but with no decisive winner in the May 9 election, that’s what’s needed, especially for the business of running the province.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The conventional political wisdom – that governments are not defeated so much as they defeat themselves – might well apply Tuesday.

Street-level 4-20 concerns are about to shift from Vancouver’s Sunset Beach to B.C. C-suites.