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Member Forum with Gary Doer, Canada's Ambassador to the United States
DATE: Jun 25, 2013 · LOCATION: Fairmont Pacific Rim
On June 25th, join the Business Council of British Columbia for this special Member Forum and breakfast featuring Gary Doer, Canada's Ambassador to the United States of America.
Tuesday, June 25th
7:30 am - Breakfast and Registration
8:00 am - Program featuring Ambassador Gary Doer, Canada's Ambassador to the USA
Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel - 1038 Canada Place, Vancouver BC
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British Columbia's Competitive Outlook:An evening with Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Co
BCBC Annual General Meeting and Dinner
DATE: May 28, 2013 · LOCATION: Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver
Join with members of the Business Council for an evening with Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company.
McKinsey & Company is one of the world’s largest management consulting firms advising leading businesses, governments and institutions.
Dominic Barton is the global managing director of McKinsey. Raised in British Columbia, Dominic graduated from UBC and was selected a Rhodes Scholar before beginning his 25-plus year career at McKinsey. Dominic has advised clients in a range of industries—including banking, consumer goods, high tech, and industrial—but his core area of work is in financial-sector development and reform.
D'Avignon: Collaboration will address BC's competitive challenges so that we realize BC's full potential
Posted May 17, 2013
Congratulations to Premier Christy Clark and the BC Liberals – British Columbians have voted for a strong, stable economy and have given Premier Clark and her team a solid mandate to govern. The Business Council also extends our appreciation to all of the candidates who put their names forward and to all of the outgoing MLAs for their years of service to British Columbia.
Voters have delivered a clear message that their collective economic future, and that of their children, remains top concerns. Despite the opportunity to opt for change, voters chose to continue with a party that represents policy stability and that has pledged to pursue the goals of job creation and sound fiscal management.
Finlayson: The Education Wage Premium (Troy Media)
Posted May 8, 2013
The past two years have witnessed considerable public and media interest in the issue of inequality, as evidenced by the emergence of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement in the United States and its counterparts in several other countries.
Many studies confirm that income inequality has grown in many affluent nations. The trend is especially pronounced in the United States, where the richest 10 per cent of households have almost six times as much income as the bottom 10 per cent. The ratio is lower in Canada, but income disparities have widened here as well. And in many advanced economies a rising share of all income seems to be accruing to the top 1 per cent of earners.
A Review of Trends in Union Density
Posted May 3, 2013
An examination of the evolution of the position of trade unions in the overall labour market underscores the challenges facing the union movement in British Columbia and Canada as a whole. The term “union density” is used to track the proportion of paid workers who are covered by a collective agreement. It can be thought of as a proxy for the “market share” of unions within the employed workforce, excluding people who are classified as self-employed.
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Tickets on Sale:
British Columbia's Competitive Outlook:An evening with Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Co
BCBC Annual General Meeting and Dinner
May 28, 2013
Join with members of the Business Council for an evening with Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company.
McKinsey & Company is one of the world’s largest management consulting firms advising leading businesses, governments and institutions.
Dominic Barton is the global managing director of McKinsey. Raised in British Columbia, Dominic graduated from UBC and was selected a Rhodes Scholar before beginning his 25-plus year career at McKinsey. Dominic has advised clients in a range of industries—including banking, consumer goods, high tech, and industrial—but his core area of work is in financial-sector development and reform.
