Our Jordan Bateman and TheOrca.ca editor-in-chief Maclean Kay discuss the NDP Government’s too-late plan to have an FOI review committee; Adrian Dix bringing back hospital parking fees; the unaffordable feedback loop of interest rates and inflation, and day 300!!!!! of the BC Liberal leadership campaign.
Plus Packers co-owner Jordan guts all of Samuel Oliphant’s silly anti-Green Bay rhetoric.
ICBA ECONOMICS: 2025-26 Forecast
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By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist As a new year beckons, Canadian policymakers and business leaders find themselves staring at an unsettled economic landscape that renders the task of forecastin...
ICBA OP/ED: B.C.’s government will face extraordinary economic challenges in 2025
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The following piece by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson first appeared in Business in Vancouver on Dec. 19, 2024. As the clock ticks down on a turbulent 2024, Premier David Eby and his recently ins...
🇨🇦 Canada's economy is struggling, and we're nervous.
We see housing starts staying close to recent levels (but not growing) and business investment remaining sluggish.
Read Jock Finlayson's 2025-26 forecast for more insights on Canada, BC & Alberta.
https://www.icbaindependent.ca/2024/12/19/icba-economics-2025-26-forecast/
Dave Eby and his freespending, anti-growth ways have put B.C. in an economic pickle. We're not ready for the storms ahead.
Jock Finlayson of @icbabc lays out the challenges in @BIVnews.
