September is Disability Employment Month: A Case Study in Shared Opportunity

The first question people ask in social situations is, “What is your name?” The next question is, “What do you do?” Too many British...

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A Tale of Two Economies: Leveraging Regional Immigration to Enhance Growth

By Jock Finlayson and Kristine St-Laurent Two factors will largely determine the future trajectory of economic growth in  British Columbia:  productivity performance, and the extent...

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Battle ‘Wages’ On: Women in the Workforce

By Alex Nikotina Despite high profile discussion on the topic, the fact still remains that, often, women  face an uphill struggle for workplace advancement. Together...

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Temporary Foreign Workers: The Debate Heats Up

By Jock Finlayson Recent months have seen a high-profile debate over the role of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in the Canadian economy. While the main...

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Labour’s Shrinking Piece of the Pie

By Jock Finlayson An odd feature of today’s economy is the juxtaposition of widespread worries about talent and labour scarcity together with evidence that the...

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Working Hard or Hardly Working?

By Robert Smithson The summer Olympics are finally over and the four-year period of hand-wringing over Canadian medal results has just begun. Amidst all the...

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