Reading Time: 3 minutes Simply calling a project “infrastructure” does not automatically make it an economically worthwhile endeavour
Category: Business
Reality bites carbon pricing scheme in Canada and beyond
Reading Time: 3 minutes If three key assumptions are not met, carbon pricing will always yield lower benefits than advocates suggest
Costco finds a willing and growing market in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Same-store Canadian sales are up 8 per cent – higher than in any other country in which Costco operates. And the future looks even brighter
Parliament debating legislation to curb genetic discrimination
Reading Time: 3 minutes While genome analysis can alter the very practice of medicine, there is a fear it can be used to discriminate on the ground of genetic characteristics
Don’t let seniors’ care in Canada become a private equity money maker
Reading Time: 4 minutes The pressure to make a profit in seniors homes often leads to cost-cutting measures such as reduced staffing that undermine the quality of care
The myths and reality of infrastructure spending in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes The case for massive increases in government infrastructure spending doesn’t withstand scrutiny
B.C. tech sector held back by skills shortage
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is a growing mismatch between those still out of work and the vacancies that many employers desperately seek to fill
A pipeline straight to energy industry trust
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Alberta Energy Regulator’s new website on pipeline performance helps the public better understand crucial operating dynamics
How political activists have weaponized “duty to consult”
Reading Time: 3 minutes First Nations in Ontario are challenging routine maintenance work on the Canadian Mainline, which carries natural gas from western to eastern Canada
Growing more large companies should be key policy goal for B.C.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fast-growing firms, in particular, play a disproportionate role in driving job creation and economic dynamism