Economy, Law & Politics

Canada’s real gross domestic product increased by 0.1% to $1.57 trillion in April – the fourth consecutive monthly increase – according to Statistics Canada data released this morning.

The BC Liberal government will be looking for additional cost savings to address lower-than-expected revenues so far this year.

Jobs were such a big focus of Premier Christy Clark’s June 26 Throne Speech that she mentioned the word 21 times.

B.C. casinos are edging towards a cashless future, more than two years after the government and casino operators were under fire for accepting large cash transactions.

The government has raised more than a third of the money it plans to raise from asset sales to balance the provincial budget this year.

CFOs around Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are more optimistic about the economies in North America than they were in the previous quarter, according to a Deloitte report released this morning.

Financial advisers are predicting no growth in the Canadian economy in 2013, according to a Sun Life Financial report released this morning.

Treating divorce as a personal matter when you have a family business could underserve the needs of all involved

Increasing mandatory contributions to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) could lead to reduced voluntary RRSP contributions, according to a Fraser Institute report released this morning.

The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed by the week ending June 12. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.