Commentary

The case for an expanded Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is all about providing secure retirement income. The Fraser Institute recently argued that the federal government has failed to make a convincing case for CPP expansion.

In the U.S. it’s called “dark money,” a way to spend big bucks on politics and remain relatively anonymous.

Ottawa recently announced a series of new regulations for the housing market to “protect the long-term financial security of borrowers and all Canadians.” You have to love the irony.

The Stanley Park protest last week was Justin Trudeau’s most substantial encounter with dissent as prime minister.

Infrastructure spending is like time-release medicine. It brings relief eventually, but in the short term it’s ineffective. It also can be tempting, and harmful, to increase the dosage when results are unapparent.

Writing on the eve of the U.S. election, I share the widespread concern that regardless of which party wins, dangerous forces have been unleashed that will be hard to contain. The anger, alienation and frustration bubbling up from millions of U.S.

All British Columbians today benefit from the large generation assets that BC Hydro built a generation or two ago in our province’s north and Interior.

Wins for B.C. in the natural gas major leagues require a new game plan.

The province is about to impinge on the civic tax base, land-use authority and democracy by using development fees to fund transit and by making increased density zoning a requirement of transit funding.

At the risk of famous last words: it will be Hillary. For safety’s sake, it has to be. Unless there is a catastrophe, it will be.