Economy, Law & Politics

The following is a list of stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed in the week ended September 20, 2017. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

After an upward trend through mid-year, Multiple Listing Service sales have stuttered, and levels were unchanged from July at a moderate 8,536 units in August.

BC solicitor general says over-taxing nascent marijuana industry would be a mistake

BC Liberal MLA Andrew Wilkinson is also expected to announce his intention to run

Country’s bike industry looks to B.C. for growth opportunities and to reverse sales decline

New NDP finance minister gives first address to Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

B.C. was the only big province to hit the Bank of Canada’s target inflation rate in August, according to Statistics Canada. The national inflation rate edged up slightly year-over-year to 1.4%, while consumer prices in B.C.

Canada can expect to see total economic growth of 3.1% in 2017, according to a Conference Board of Canada report released September 21, which is higher than the growth expected in the Eurozone (2%) and the United States (2.2%).

'Government routinely operates in contravention of BC law' – privacy and information commissioner

Most Canadian small businesses are unfamiliar with the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), coming into effect tomorrow (September 21), even though the agreement provides opportunities to enterprises of all sizes,