BRITISH COLUMBIA - Could country-wide, east-west pipelines be the thread that holds Canada together? In 1871 Prime Minister John A. MacDonald enticed British Columbia to join the Dominion of Canada...
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BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 28, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Janet Austin, who recently completed seven years of service as Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and is now a private citizen, has embraced a new...
ICBA CALL ON PREMIER EBY TO SCRAP ANTI-DEMOCRATIC BILL 7
SURREY—The B.C. NDP Government’s proposed Bill 7 is an unprecedented attempt to concentrate power in the hands of the Premier and must be stopped, says Canada’s largest construction association, the...
BCREA ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) is pleased to announce that Surrey REALTOR® Chris Shields has been installed as its 2025-2026 Chair at the BCREA Annual...
GOVERNANCE CRISIS ADVERSELY AFFECTING B.C.’S HOUSING SUPPLY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canada is facing a crisis in governance that is adversely affecting the housing supply, a point Casey Edge, Executive Director of the Victoria Residential Builders Association,...
BC CHAMBER RESPONDS TO BILL 7 – ECONOMIC STABILIZATION
BRITISH COLUMBIA - In response to the Government’s recent introduction of Bill 7 - Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act, 2025, our President and CEO, Fiona Famulak, penned a letter to...
PROVINCE CANCELS SECONDARY SUITE PROGRAM
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Province has announced that the pilot secondary-suite incentive program will no longer be accepting applications after March 30, 2025 due to financial constraints, also...
BCREA: JANUARY 2025 RETAIL SALES REPORT AND MORTGAGE FORECAST
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales decreased by 0.6 per cent to $69.4 billion in January from the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales are up by 4.2 per cent....
CFIB: SMALL BUSINESSES 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION PLATFORM
OTTAWA - With the federal election underway, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is releasing its small business platform with 13 key recommendations on improving Canada’s...
BCBC: UNTAPPED POTENTIAL: DRIVING CANADIAN PROSPERITY THROUGH NATURAL RESOURCES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Western Business Coalition has launched its first major initiative – Untapped Potential – Driving Canadian Prosperity Through Natural Resources – to unlock the economic...
CRACKDOWN ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IS GUTTING CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
Move to curb international students is undermining post-secondary institutions and weakening the economy OTTAWA - Canada isn’t just facing bad news from the ever-changing chaos south of the border;...
ICBA ECONOMICS: UPDATE ON AN UNWANTED TRADE WAR – PART 2
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist, the following op-ed first ran in the Toronto Sun on March 4,2025 BRITISH COLUMBIA - It is hard to keep track of the on-again, off-again cross-border tariff...
FCC: CANADA’S FARMLAND VALUES CONTINUED TO CLIMB IN 2024
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The average value of Canadian farmland continued its steady climb in 2024, increasing by 9.3 per cent, slightly less than the 11.5 per cent increase reported in 2023, according to...
BCREA: HOUSING STARTS FALL IN FEBRUARY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian housing starts fell by 4 per cent to 229,030 units in February at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts were down 12 per cent from the same month last year....
CREA: TARIFF UNCERTAINTY KEEPING HOOME BUYERS ON THE SIDELINES
OTTAWA - Canadian home sales fell sharply from January to February, as home buyers remained on the sidelines in the first full month of the ongoing trade war with the United States. Sales activity...
FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN BC HYDRO PROJECTS ACROSS THE PROVINCE
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The federal government has announced it is investing more than $156.8 million in eight BC Hydro infrastructure projects across the province. The funding is provided through the...