Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s energy wealth risks being stranded while the U.S. boosts its position as a global oil supplier
Author: Jock Finlayson
Metro Vancouver has too few head offices and related jobs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Headquarters are powerful economic drivers and key factors in creating and sustaining high-wage employment
Are robots coming for your job?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many employers are struggling to find workers for jobs that may soon be eliminated because of technology
Understanding the downward trend in unionization
Reading Time: 3 minutes In B.C., it’s a matter of industrial change, technological innovation, and the increased role of self-employment and small businesses
Time for a reality check about Canada’s exports
Reading Time: 3 minutes Industrial transitions don’t happen overnight. Nor do politicians generally have a decisive role in that evolution
Jobs and careers in the ‘fourth industrial revolution’
Reading Time: 4 minutes The fourth industrial revolution will have the greatest impact on routine tasks. A flexible, well-educated and suitably trained workforce will be critical
Learning to adapt to the growing gig economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes The labour market is changing. creating opportunity and putting pressure on business and government to adapt
International visitors drive B.C. tourism growth
Reading Time: 4 minutes Cruising along: Airport volumes are up, cruise ship traffic strong, hotel revenues on the rise, and food and drink sales growing
Fossil fuels remain key to energy future, according to report
Reading Time: 4 minutes The U.S. is eager to grab new business, which underscores the urgent need for Canada to secure access to offshore markets for our oil and gas
The prohibitive cost of living in Metro Vancouver
Reading Time: 3 minutes The extraordinary run-up in real estate prices like the one experienced in the Lower Mainland raises the odds of a painful market correction