Economy, Law & Politics

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.

Price increases in British Columbia were well below average in the 12 months leading up to January, according to Statistics Canada data released this morning.

City hall is opening its doors Saturday for a community-organized event that will allow Vancouverites to meet app developers and designers and city staff to learn more about the city's open data policy.

Corporate tax rates fell globally in 2012, and Canada’s corporate tax rate remained competitive by falling faster than other countries’ rates during the year, according to a KPMG study released this morning.

Premier Christy Clark yesterday elaborated on her plan to invest $76 million on child care during the next three years – a proposal mentioned in the February 19 budget.

The number of Canadians who expect to retire at age 65 has decreased by almost 50% since 2008, according to the results of an annual Sun Life Financial survey released this morning.