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 June 7, 2017. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Support for training, education a priority, but funding details absent

B.C. dollar-volume exports remained robust through April on surging non-renewable resource sales. Total merchandise exports to global markets reached $3.85 billion, marking a same-month gain of 34.

Last Friday (June 9) was Tax Freedom Day, marking the day the average Canadian family has made enough income to pay all its taxes for this year, according to the Fraser Institute.

For the third year in a row, British Columbia will be Canada’s bright spot in terms of economic growth this year, according to RBC’s quarterly economic outlook report released June 12. B.C.

Class-action lawyers keen to spend Canada Day filing claims over unwanted emails will instead have to spend the holiday getting patriotic.

City will spend more than $600,000 annually to meet new certification

Horgan confirms child care plan is the $10 per day NDP program, not free Green plan

Household debt is at a record high in Canada, but there is some good news: one-third of Canadian households hold no debt at all, according to RBC research released June 7.

Q&A with Clark Wilson LLP lawyer and energy industry expert David Austin