Commentary

In his first week after he became the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump effectively killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Here’s another major pipeline issue that Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberal government needs to resolve: goods flow. In Canada, it needs attention now if the country is to grow as a global trader.

Live sports television is why I don’t cut the cord on cable.

Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars invested, wind and solar provide only 1.5% of global power One of the unfortunate legacies of 2016 is the frequency of “post-truth” communications.

One of the reasons the new U.S. president is generating so much nervousness around the globe is the fear that he is not connected to the realities of how the global economic system works. For example, there is no such thing as a truly American car.

When Justin Trudeau shuffled his federal cabinet last week, it signalled he’s taking the next United States president seriously. Finding the right mix of people to work with White House officials is important. But government policies also matter.

Never mind calling back Mayor Gregor Robertson from Mexico to clear our icy sidewalks. We should be asking him to stay home in January and protect seniors from being killed by cars.

Compensation packages in Canadian boardrooms and further down the country’s corporate operational flow charts need major revision.

In business, as in life, you can worry yourself into a curled fetal position under the desk. You can vent and bay at the moon about the cruel circumstances of commerce. You can decry and vilify to salve the wounds of loss and harm to your initiative.

Governments like to brag. It’s part of their DNA. So it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the B.C. government wants to highlight the fact that it has completed close to 24,000 new units of affordable housing since 2001.