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The following op-ed, co-authored by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and Business Council of BC VP Ken Peacock, first ran in Business In Vancouver on October 14, 2024.
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By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Canada is a mid-sized economy that relies heavily on trade in goods and services to sustain our still high...
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By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist While some B.C. politicians and environmental activists trumpet the “energy transition” and present alluring...
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By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist The past four plus years have been a rollercoaster for much of the world. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist July 2024 brought another downbeat report on the state of the B.C. labour market, confirming that the...
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By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist By any measure, Alberta is an energy powerhouse. In 2023, it produced 85% of Canada’s oil and accounted for...
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By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Preliminary estimates from Statistics Canada show that B.C.’s economy grew by a modest 1.6% after inflation...
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The following piece by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson, in his role as a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute, was first published in the...
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By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Construction is a big and unusually visible segment of our economy, one that in some of the industry’s...
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By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist If one listens closely to what provincial government ministers and many other politicians have to say about...