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Unlocking productivity to power prosperity

The B.C. Business Summit 2025 brought together leaders from across Canada’s resource, energy, and economic sectors to confront the country’s most pressing challenge: a productivity crisis that threatens the foundation of national prosperity. Under the theme Unlocking Productivity to Power Prosperity, speakers explored what it will take for Canada to reclaim its position as a confident, capable, and globally competitive economy. The message was clear: productivity isn’t a technical metric. It’s the measure of whether Canada can still build, adapt, and lead.

Stewart Muir: Common sense returns to the national conversation

Tombe and Williams: the productivity fix

Economists Trevor Tombe and David Williams say Canada’s future depends on rebuilding productivity through innovation, investment, and common sense. Without action, they warn, a generation risks inheriting a poorer country than their parents.

Baiton: a pragmatic policy reset

CAPP CEO Lisa Baiton calls for a realistic, competitive energy strategy that attracts capital and strengthens national security. Canada, she warns, must move beyond words and act with speed and purpose.

Gorman: fair trade and shared prosperity

West Fraser’s James Gorman urges revenue sharing with First Nations, renewed U.S. trade access, and policy stability to make forestry a driver of shared prosperity once again.

Goehring: speeding up to get it done

Michael Goehring of the Mining Association of BC says streamlined permitting, Indigenous capacity, and electrical infrastructure are key to turning B.C.’s mining potential into a productivity powerhouse.

Davies: think like a nation builder

Trans Mountain’s Mike Davies says Canada must reform permitting, align provinces, and expand Indigenous participation to become an energy superpower. True nation building, he argues, requires ambition and urgency.