As interest rates rise, Canada's unexploded debt bomb ticks louder
One of Canada’s structural weaknesses is high and pervasive indebtedness.
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Incomplete, superficial and unbalanced: Assessing Canada’s “economic recovery” since the pandemic
Policymakers need to get serious about addressing Canada’s long-ignored structural challenges.
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An update on tourism in British Columbia
The unprecedented slump in tourism in 2020 – extending into 2021 – was the biggest source of weakness in the provincial economy over that two-year period. As business conditions return to pre-COVID patterns, tourism will again serve as a leading export sector for the province.
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A reality check on the Federal Government’s Fall Economic Statement
Canada is heading into a global inflation-fighting recession shouldering several serious and largely unaddressed structural weaknesses
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Federal Clean Electricity Standard – where is Canadian federalism headed?
In a country with 80% of electricity generation from non-GHG emitting sources, the proposed federal clean electricity standard is unnecessary - supporting investment in new infrastructure would have a greater impact
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Hey big spender! Municipal spending growth across Metro Vancouver exceeds population growth and inflation
BCBC’s Municipal Fiscal Index allows taxpayers to quicky see how municipal spending in their municipality compares to other B.C. municipalities.
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By David Williams in Economy
As interest rates rise, Canada's unexploded debt bomb ticks louder
As interest rates rise, Canada's unexploded debt bomb ticks…
In April, business leaders across Canada lamented that the federal government’s policies in recent…
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Greg D’Avignon: Boosting exports is key to growing B.C.'s economic pie
Greg D’Avignon: Boosting exports is key to growing B.C.'s…
Opinion: Unfortunately, since 2000, B.C.'s proportion of international exports of goods and…
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Incomplete, superficial and unbalanced: Assessing Canada’s “economic recovery” since the pandemic
Incomplete, superficial and unbalanced: Assessing Canada’s…
Canada’s economic recovery during 2021-22 has been incomplete, superficial and unbalanced. These are not the characteristics of a “strong” recovery. Policymakers need to get serious about addressing Canada’s long-ignored structural challenges.
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By Jock Finlayson in Economy
An update on tourism in B.C.
An update on tourism in B.C.
With COVID restrictions in most jurisdictions steadily easing over the course of 2021-22 and both business and leisure travel rebounding from historic lows, the B.C. tourism industry has made a substantial and much-anticipated recovery over the past year or so.
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Greg D’Avignon: Boosting exports is key…
Incomplete, superficial and unbalanced:…
An update on tourism in B.C.