REPORT: Measuring the impact of natural resources on PNWER economies
Statistical data and information is essential for making informed decisions about natural resources. Here’s our take on how some provinces, territories, and states in the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region are treating the issue – and how they can improve.
Economists provide their top charts for 2018
Here are seven charts that touch on trends in Canada’s natural resource future. They are drawn from Maclean’s magazine in its annual Chartapalooza feature looking at the biggest economic trends for the coming year.
Our growth potential is wasting away as resource project inertia continues
“We continue to drag our feet about pipelines, we manage to discourage liquefied natural gas investments in BC…”
MYTH BUSTER: How do we get the most out of our natural resources?
Doesn’t it seem like common sense that the smartest thing to do to strengthen our economy is make finished products? Donald Trump might have made this idea work for him. But the Smiley Curve shows why a strong resource economy like British Columbia should be realistic about manufacturing.
When these economists tried to explain how natural resources keep the economy in balance, here is what they came up with
And they looked no further than the nearest bathtub.
What has the resource economy got to do with filling a tub?
Economists at Vancouver’s Urban Futures Institute discovered that an ordinary bathroom holds the key to understanding the heart of British Columbia.
A surprising shift in the relative importance of resource companies
Research by a Simon Fraser University marketing professor shows how natural resource companies moved to the fore of the Canadian economy.
Message from silent majority: it’s time to collaborate on BC prosperity
Dispassionate discussion based on facts should determine the fate of development projects
Report highlights forest sector’s strong economic impact
The BC Forest Industry Economic Impact Study describes a sector that had a combined direct and indirect impact of $12.4 billion on BC’s GDP in 2013 and supported 145,800 full-time-equivalent jobs, more than half of which were in non-forestry industries. The report also finds that the industry directly and indirectly generated $1.4 billion in revenue for the provincial government and $150 million for BC municipalities