Reading Time: 6 minutes Road to Reconciliation: treating First Nations people as equal partners in projects advances economic and social causes
Tag: BC economy
Indigenous people ready to do business with oil and gas
Reading Time: 4 minutes Road to Reconciliation begins when Indigenous people can stand on their own two feet financially and when their quality of life increases
B.C.’s emissions reduction targets remain out of reach
Reading Time: 4 minutes Absent a wholesale restructuring of the economy, meeting the 2030 goal will be an impossible task
Oil industry facing (c)rude awakening
Reading Time: 3 minutes The game is up: Oil and gas companies can no longer mask their financial frailty
Safe, nimble, creative: restarting B.C.’s economy
Reading Time: 4 minutes How to mitigate job loss, fear and uncertainty for workers as British Columbia navigates its post-pandemic recovery
How mismanagement of B.C. forests is hurting Canada’s economy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Recent sawmill closures have exposed a raft of problems in the industry and government failure to ensure long-term productivity
B.C. won’t be able to quit fossil fuels any time soon
Reading Time: 4 minutes The results of greater energy efficiency will materialize over the long term, even if politicians seek abbreviated timelines
B.C. money-laundering crackdown carries hidden costs
Reading Time: 4 minutes The province needs to get its house in order. That means, among other things, good old-fashioned police work
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
B.C.’s ride-sharing red tape hurts consumers
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government is trampling on the rights of ride-sharing businesses and their potential customers