Opinion

As part of its COVID-19 response, Canada’s government is spending $1.7 billion to clean up “orphan” and inactive oil and gas wells in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

There’s really no way around it: this pandemic sucks. That said, it would have probably sucked a whole lot more if it had happened in another decade.

As the summer draws to a close, and the province nears a decision on how to allocate its $1.5 billion recovery package, it would be easy for some people to make the false assumption that a strong August for some tourism operators means the B.C.

The release Monday of the provincial financial results for 2019-20 feels from more like 2008-09, when the wheels were coming off the economy—the difference then being, the wheels later were reattached. We can take in the conclusion of the B.C.