Economy, Law & Politics

In the second of BIV's two-part series setting the agenda for the provincial election, we examine how well the incumbent party has promoted B.C. on the world stage

The Kitsilano Coast Guard station is not among a trio of high-value federal government properties that may be sold to local First Nations, contrary to media reports.

After spending much of their time in office improving the business investment climate in B.C., the BC Liberals have done an about-face in this year’s budget.

BC Place stadium's steel contractor made it official on February 22, filing an amended statement of claim in the BC Supreme Court for almost $40 million against the company it hired to install roof support cables, Business in Vancouver has learned.

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 February 6. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

Tourism industry insiders believe the BC Liberals have scored huge successes and made huge mistakes in marketing the province to the world.

Controversy swirls over potential sale of East Vancouver warehouse property

While B.C. wages grew at just above the Canadian average rate last year, the province's wages still lag the country, according to Statistics Canada.

Under the Liberal government, independent power producers prospered and the oil and gas sector entered the early stages of a boom that promises to create billions of dollars in wealth from oil pipelines and a new liquefied natural gas industry.

The real-estate sector was slumping when the BC Liberals came to power in May 2001. Annual housing starts had fallen to about 17,000 in 2001, according to Canadian Mortgage and Housing statistics. That compares with more than 40,000 housing starts in 1992, when the previous NDP government was in power. Housing starts levelled off at around 25,000 annually in 2010.