Economy, Law & Politics

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.

Premier Christy Clark ’s government has appointed two loyalists of former Premier Gordon Campbell to significant posts in the past week. On July 3, the B.C.

The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia has proposed a new electoral map for B.C. for the province’s consideration at public hearings this fall.

Construction dust triggers lawsuit

Developers and financiers fear an even deeper slump in B.C.’s housing market from the federal government’s latest moves to eliminate 30-year mortgages in Canada.

Two of the eight companies that were seeking the Liquor Distribution Branch logistics contract did not respond by the June 29 deadline. Richmond’s GL Distribution and Vancouver’s Dimex Group were not on the list released July 3.