Economy, Law & Politics

Matthew Boswell's mandate as competition commissioner renewed for another two years

OTTAWA — The federal government is reappointing Matthew Boswell as the commissioner of competition for a two-year term. Boswell, who was first appointed as commissioner in 2019, was slated to finish his term at the end of February.

Dec 21, 2023 12:02 PM Read more >

Vancouverites owe nearly six times national average in personal debt: report

Residents in Vancouver owe $360K in consumer debt per capita

Dec 21, 2023 11:30 AM Read more >

Canada learned lessons from Trump's first term — and vice versa, says ambassador

WASHINGTON — It's a truism in foreign-policy circles that the world learned some hard lessons from Donald Trump's volatile first term as president.

Dec 21, 2023 8:15 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: B.C.’s skyrocketing population presents daunting task for housing

Record number of newcomers putting pressure on schools, hospitals and houses. B.C. is hoping Ottawa steps up to the plate.

Dec 21, 2023 7:00 AM Read more >

Newsmakers 2023: How this year's labour unrest portends to 'bumpy road ahead'

Inflation and a tight labour market fuelled job action across B.C., according to experts

Dec 21, 2023 6:00 AM Read more >

Renu Bakshi: Somewhere on the road to political correctness, we lost Christmas

The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) recently created controversy with a discussion paper referring to Christmas as “religious intolerance.

Dec 20, 2023 5:30 PM Read more >

Ben Eisen: Vancouver incomes dragging behind region’s biggest cities

Fraser Institute study shows Vancouver median employment incomes lowest among 12 cities examined

Dec 20, 2023 4:00 PM Read more >

Carson Binda: David Eby needs to hit the brakes on corporate welfare

Instead of corporate welfare, the Eby government should be cutting the taxes and red tape that make it expensive to do business in B.C., writes Carson Binda

Dec 20, 2023 3:30 PM Read more >

Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix

RICHMOND, B.C. — British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says almost all of the 666 international medical graduates registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with more than half in family medicine.

Dec 20, 2023 2:39 PM Read more >

Impact of EAO conditions: Do restrictions on construction workers stigmatize a vital workforce?

The EAO introduces unprecedented conditions to address concerns over potential violence in Squamish.

Dec 20, 2023 11:54 AM Read more >