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How to create good jobs in BC
Five years have passed after the end of the Great Recession but both BC and Canada as a whole are very far away from a…
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7 things that should be in this year’s BC Budget
In the fifth year of a slow and largely jobless economic recovery, the 2014 BC Budget should prioritize measures to set the foundation of a…
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When no news is not good news: what the uneventful BC throne speech means for you
Last week’s BC throne speech received little media coverage, partly because it fell in the middle of the Olympics and on the same day as…
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With BC’s job market stalled, it’s time for a jobs plan that actually works
The latest BC job numbers reveal a picture of persistently high unemployment and stalled job creation. Since January, BC’s unemployment rate has been on a…
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We told you so: HST introduction a factor behind GDP drop in July
Among the concerns about the HST that we at the CCPA have raised was the poor timing of the tax change. From my pre-budget piece…
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Will the HST boost job growth and when?
As BC and Ontario have now started paying the HST at the till, many people may be wondering when exactly can we expect to see…
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On the economic impacts of the HST
My previous HST post focused on the impact of the tax on households and I concluded that it’s likely that it will cost families and…
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