Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s time B.C. pushed hard to diversify its economy, improved its infrastructure, and looked for new and stable markets for its lumber products
Tag: BC politics
The unsteady foundation of basic income proposals
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many people, especially seniors, could see a drop in their incomes under a guaranteed annual income
Misconceptions threaten funding for B.C. independent schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes Removing partial public funding for independent schools based on a series of misconceptions does nothing to improve education
Beware of politicians bearing (election) gifts
Reading Time: 3 minutes Candidates tie themselves in knots dangling a return to the good old days. Unfortunately, the past doesn’t offer any solutions to our problems
Independent schools offer choice and quality, not elitism
Reading Time: 3 minutes Discussions about B.C.’s vibrant independent education community should focus on what those schools offer families, not on ill-informed stereotypes
Banning log exports would harm B.C. economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Streamlining the log export process and reforming the PST better options to ensure a prosperous province
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
Tax relief in B.C. budget misses ‘pro-growth’ mark
Reading Time: 4 minutes The government could have gotten a greater economic bang by cutting other taxes instead
B.C.’s carbon tax not the ‘gold standard’ it’s made out to be
Reading Time: 4 minutes B.C.’s “revenue neutral” carbon tax will result in a cumulative $865 million tax increase between 2013/14 and 2018/19
B.C. needs to scrutinize its employee wages and benefits
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s unfair that government workers receive a premium paid for by private-sector workers who receive less overall compensation for similar positions