Economy, Law & Politics

Two directors of timeshare company Aviawest Resurts Inc. have reached a settlement with the BC Securities Commission (BCSC), in which they admitted to illegally distributing the company’s securities, the regulator has announced.

Canadian taxpayers will be on the hook for Canada’s underfunded health-care system, according to a new Fraser Institute report that calculated that the system had a $537.7 billion shortfall as of the end of 2010.

Some of the jobs that the B.C government claims were created as a result of its Jobs Plan were actually created before the plan was implemented, according to the NDP.

British Columbia’s unemployment rate increased in November to 6.8%, compared with 6.7% in October, according to Statistics Canada data released this morning.

Premier Christy Clark has a better-than-average fiscal policy when compared with those of Canada’s other premiers, according to the results of a Fraser Institute study released this morning.

The B.C. government is launching a program in January to help more than 100,000 businesses register to collect PST, which will return to take the place of HST from April 1, 2013.

Two directors for a mining company claiming reserves the BC Securities Commission says it didn’t have are to be fined and banned from trading in securities.

Who are the most generous donors to charities in B.C.? Empty-nested, married baby boomers with a university degree.

Older Canadians are delaying retirement longer than they did 20 years previously, according to the results of a Statistics Canada study released today.

Free trade with a communist country seems oxymoronic.