RESOURCES PRIMER: Five proof points showing how primary industries drive the economy
The world is just as dependent as ever on basic materials that need to be responsibly sourced from somewhere. This can be challenging to understand for those who’ve heard the arguments that Canada is a post-resource economy. This material can help.
How resources continue to make B.C. a beacon of responsible prosperity
Stewart Muir looks at how it is that British Columbia remains so strongly identified with natural resources.
Small businesses signal green shoots for Canadian resource sector
Highest level of confidence since June 2014: Canadian Federation of Independent Business
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 does it take to drive a modern economy?
One remarkable quality of British Columbia’s natural resource economy is that it does its work quietly, yet in plain view.
LNG in BC: Progress continues
Gleeful anti-LNG messages shot around social media after Alta Gas of Calgary announced that it was halting further development of the Douglas Channel LNG Project in BC “due to unfavourable market conditions.”
Canada at 148: What’s the true size of our remarkable resource endowment?
1.8 million workers in the sector create $235 billion in exports – that’s a legacy of staggering proportions
Bruce Anderson: drowning out the ‘no way’ chorus
Opinion: When it comes to Site C, British Columbians are pragmatic. People know power is worthy if the environment doesn’t suffer
Resources generate ‘disproportionate share of Canada’s wealth’
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney was asked to identify the ‘next big thing for Canada’ by an Ottawa think-tank. The result was a speech he delivered in Ottawa. Here’s the written text of that speech