Economy, Law & Politics

OTTAWA — As Canada plans to significantly ramp up its immigration levels in the coming years, some policy experts are worried about potential effects on health care, housing and the labour market.

An NDP cabinet minister attended one of the Lower Mainland’s first major Lunar New Year banquets since the pandemic began, where guests included a Chinese military veteran and the president of a society under an RCMP national security investigation.

Immigration drove population growth in British Columbia’s urban centres while rural communities and smaller cities got a little bit older and experienced more deaths than births over the course of the pandemic’s first two years, census data shows.

Slowing economy expected to reduce the demand for contractor-freelancer work

Despite more than two-dozen attempts, no MLA has successfully been recalled in B.C. history

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada may lose up to $8.8 billion over the next few years, according to a new report warning the central bank may run into a communications challenge as a result of the losses. The report from the C.D.

Local Filipino community warned about ‘unincorporated’ credit union

MEXICO CITY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled the virtues of North American free trade to a Mexican audience of business leaders Tuesday — and took a few jabs at the former U.S. president who tried to do away with it.

Has a property tax refund to B.C. homeowners passed its best before date? Approaching one billion dollars annually, the B.C.

In his first major interview in 2023, BC Liberals leader Kevin Falcon is setting his sights squarely on Premier David Eby’s NDP government for doing far too little – economically, politically and on key topics like housing and infrastructure.