Jock Finlayson
Jock Finlayson is executive vice-president of the Business Council of British Columbia.
Where does all the money come from?
The recent unveiling of new social and business restrictions by…
Read moreMeeting Canada’s aggressive green targets a tall order
Building back ‘clean’ and ‘green’ means trillion of dollars of…
Read moreExports key to economic rebuild
As Premier John Horgan and his cabinet colleagues explore options…
Read moreFederal Clean Fuel Standard is all smoke and mirrors
Amid the worst economic and public heath crisis in Canadian…
Read moreDifferent recession, different trends
Following massive job losses in March and April, the number…
Read moreNo cure-all for Canada’s economic woes
Immigration inflows to Canada have fallen off a cliff since…
Read moreCOVID-19 job losses concentrated in urban BC – especially Metro Vancouver
A little talked about dimension of the impact of COVID-19…
Read moreCanada’s economic revival requires broad strategy
After the shock Canadians have experienced in 2020, an economic…
Read moreB.C.’s emissions reduction targets remain out of reach
Targets. We all know what they mean, or think we…
Read moreHow the world can best meet rising demand for electricity
There’s no getting around it: the world is consuming more…
Read moreBusiness destruction and COVID-19
In its June 2020 Monetary Policy Report, the U.S. Federal…
Read moreIs the low-carbon future upon us now?
The International Energy Agency recently estimated that the COVID-19 pandemic…
Read moreThe year for BC to see BC
As policy-makers struggle to tabulate the immense damage being done…
Read moreCOVID-19 recession scenarios for BC: one is bad; the other is worse
By now it is clear the economic fallout from the…
Read moreClean/green movement won’t transform the economy quickly
With the federal election fast approaching, we can expect to…
Read moreB.C. won’t soon be able to quit fossil fuels
Metro Vancouver residents are rightly upset over paying the highest…
Read moreMetro Vancouver has too few head offices and related jobs
Statistics Canada’s latest survey of corporate headquarters provides updated counts…
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