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Spending cuts will spell further job losses and a longer recession
Want a recipe to harm the economy and increase hardship for British Columbians in the middle of a recession? It’s easy – all you have…
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The throne speech missed the point
Today’s throne speech suggests that the BC government has finally recognized the severity of the recession and the hardship it’s causing to families across the…
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Watch out for that train
Is it too early to start talking about what happens now the election is over? Because that light at the end of the tunnel really…
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BC’s economy and the Liberal platform
With my oped last week on the NDP platform making me less than popular over at NDP HQ, today the Sun published my take on…
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Oh, about that recession …
BC’s recession started in 2008. That is the upshot of today’s release of Statistics Canada’s Provincial Economic Accounts, which provides the first estimates of BC’s…
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The NDP Platform and BC’s Economic Challenges
Below is an oped of mine that was done at the request of the Vancouver Sun and that ran in today’s paper. Unfortunately, for reasons…
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Is the stimulus killing the P3 model?
While BC has not formally abandoned the P3 model, there is a notable absence of new P3 projects at a time when billions of dollars…
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Not the usual sceptics
Scepticism about the provincial budget last week is extending beyond the usual sceptics. BC’s Credit Union Central has published its take titled “The Bandage Budget”…
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BC Budget 2009: Vanilla, No Sprinkles (revised)
Faced with a nasty recession at its doorstep, the BC budget is uninspiring and underwhelming in its ambition. Overall there is little that actively plans…
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“B.C. played no role in precipitating this international crisis”? Bunk.
A week ago, BC Finance Minister Colin Hansen let the cat out of the bag: the province is going to run a deficit in this…
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Breaking free of the “balanced budget” chains
As the next provincial budget is prepared (and election platforms are written), a core reality is this: we face huge economic uncertainty, which makes forecasting…
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