Economy, Law & Politics

Prominent Vancouver businessman Peter Brown sent a dire warning to the B.C. Conservative Party that a lack of centre-right unity is akin to support for the New Democratic Party and will put the province's economy in grave jeopardy.

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 27. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

As Europe’s economic and financial troubles persist, B.C. homeowners will have a slight edge over renters.

The federal government has proposed new regulations to help consumers resolve banking disputes efficiently and transparently.

B.C. ranks behind only Alberta in job growth since June 2011, according to new Statistics Canada figures. B.C. created 53,000 jobs in the past year, whereas Alberta added 55,400 jobs, StatsCan reported.

The B.C. government announced Friday that it was providing an additional $1 million so the First United Shelter can operate its Downtown Eastside facilities for 27 women and 95 men for an additional year.

Canada is one of the most optimistic nations about its economy, according to a survey released this morning by the Brussels-based International Trade Union Confederation .

The BC Labour Relations Board has ruled that the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC) is bargaining in bad faith with its unionized employees and ordered the parties to return to the table to discuss monetary items, the union said this morning.

A British Columbia Securities Commission panel has found that a company quoted on the US OTC Bulletin Board and two of its directors contravened securities laws when the company issued false news releases.

B.C. should consider exempting all business inputs from PST, among other tax reforms, if it wants to avoid negative economic impacts from losing the HST. That’s the message the Fraser Institute is pitching in a report submitted to the B.C.