Reading Time: 4 minutes We are too dependent on two of our top three customers: the U.S. and China. And both of these are increasingly hostile
Author: Roslyn Kunin
Dr. Roslyn Kunin is president of the Vancouver Institute and has been chair of the Vancouver Stock Exchange, WorkSafe BC, and Haida Enterprise Corporation. She has also been on the boards of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the National Statistics Council.
Loss of international students a blow to Canadian schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes Foreign students spent about $23.6 billion in Canada last year and much of that income will be lost as a result of COVID-19
Invest in social infrastructure rather than handouts
Reading Time: 3 minutes It not only generates jobs in the short term, but results in greater productivity, employment and tax dollars in the future
Learning in the post-pandemic world
Reading Time: 4 minutes Regardless of how COVID-19 plays out, post-secondary institutions won’t go back to full-frontal classroom instruction
How to safely provide for our families in the ‘new normal’
Reading Time: 4 minutes Don’t succumb to wishful thinking, apply the data, demand as much freedom as possible, be flexible – and don’t give up hope
Covid-19 has ended the era of single-source suppliers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Just as it’s dangerous for a business to rely on one customer, traders shouldn’t rely on just one supplier
Some doctors forced to sit on sidelines during pandemic
Reading Time: 3 minutes For too long, Canada has failed to embrace many foreign-trained physicians. COVID-19 has exposed serious flaws in the system
Will the economy ever recover?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The economy will bounce back, even if some businesses don’t. But don’t expect a rapid recovery after COVID-19 recedes
What leaders really need is a healthy dose of decency
Reading Time: 4 minutes We need leaders who are smart, recognize people’s needs and do something positive to meet them
Turning data into health-care efficiencies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vancouver’s Dr. John Street is demonstrating how data can be crunched to improve patient outcomes and treatment times