Business investment (excluding residential structures) is down nearly 20 per cent since the third quarter of 2014.
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April 9, 2018
3:13PM
Without adequate access to pipelines—the cheaper and safer mode of transportation—there has been a shift to more crude-by-rail.
February 28, 2018
3:36PM
Currently, next fall’s referendum requires only 50 per cent-plus one of the popular vote.
February 21, 2018
11:08AM
The new EHT will apply to businesses with annual payrolls of more than $500,000.
February 20, 2018
4:12PM
From 2014 to 2016, non-residential business investment in B.C. declined 19 per cent after accounting for inflation.
February 19, 2014
2:00AM
Tuesdays BC budget, which Finance Minister Michael de Jong called boring, balanced, should have set out an ambitious agenda for the next four years.
January 28, 2014
2:00AM
While Premier Christy Clark aims to create an environment where growth and investment can flourish, little has been achieved since last years electoral victory. If Premier Clark is to help British Columbians obtain the desired prosperity and jobs, her top economic priority should be to make BC the most investment-friendly jurisdiction in Canada.
Heres whats needed.
May 27, 2013
2:00AM
When Christy Clark recently asserted British Columbia didnt need the federal government and also said we don't need Alberta, the B.C. premier demonstrated why Canadas founding fathers were concerned about provincial politicians: when they think in isolation, such premiers harm the interests of all Canadians.
The context of Clarks election-time remark was how BC could become an energy superpower if more natural gas was developed and delivered through pipelines, as opposed to allowing oil pipelines to crisscross British Columbia more than they already do.
May 16, 2013
2:00AM
The BC Liberals and particularly Premier Christy Clark deserve the praise theyre receiving for their surprise electoral victory. After all, the Liberals reversed a double-digit deficit in the polls and ended up securing a majority government. This moment of jubilation for the Liberals and their supporters will be short-lived however, as the reality of governing in difficult times takes hold. The litmus test for the success of this government, which they themselves established, is the success of the economy and in particular, jobs.