ICBA President Philip Hochstein was on Global BC last night talking about the risk to jobs and the economy with an NDP government. He outlined the heavy cost to workers and the economy that spins out of NDP leader Adrian Dix’s constant negative stands on major resource investments like the Trans-Mountain Pipeline expansion and natural gas development.
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Imagine blowing through reserves, seeing costs 🚀, draining a surplus and seeing fees go to 3rd-highest in Canada.
WorkSafeBC: another NDP dumpster fire in the making.
Unbelievably, the Minister says premiums are "a bargain for employers, frankly."
For the first time since the 2009 financial crisis, B.C. is losing more businesses than it's creating.
25K+ businesses exited in 2023 — up 11% from 2017. Private-sector GDP growth has crashed to just 1%.
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