Economy, Law & Politics

More Canadian public companies securing approvals for bylaw changes requiring shareholders to give notice of boardroom nominations By Richard Chu

Brokers’ role increasingly important to buyers as underwriters face pressure to cut costs

Several investors in an alleged Ponzi scheme are suing those alleged to be involved in the financial fraud for the return of $150,000 in investments, according to a notice of civil claim filed March 27.

The number of Canadians collecting unemployment insurance continues to drop, with the four Western Canadian provinces and Newfoundland-Labrador posting the biggest declines in March, according to Statistics Canada.

The Vancouver Board of Trade has become a member the BC Chamber of Commerce, the organizations announced today.

The BC Securities Commission (BCSC) has ordered a hearing into the alleged fraud by two Alberta sisters who raised millions of dollars through the sale of shares – primarily in B.C. – for an industrial park development in Alberta, then used the money for other business purposes.

The City of Vancouver will hold a city-wide block party, use social media and improve development signage in an attempt to smooth the wheels of change in the city, according to a report released yesterday.

Local business leaders are being invited to attend a conference in Vancouver June 7 on the benefits of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union.

The Canadian government should rethink a legal defence that allows for some sectors of the economy to operate as a monopoly, argues a report by the C.D. Howe Institute released today.

China has been an economic boon for B.C. As a market, it’s been key to B.C.’s latest mining boom, helped save the province’s forestry sector during the collapse of the U.S. housing market and will be important to B.C.’s nascent liquefied natural gas industry.