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Dene Moore: Hey, if you’re going to be restricted to one province this summer, be thankful it’s B.C.

It’s time to get creative about putting our economy back to work, like giving consumers incentives to go out and spend money.

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LOL, OK, enough with the acronym jokes. OMG.

The Chinese have stockpiled huge reserves of low-priced oil, giving them significant geopolitical leverage over Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Jody Vance: The relief benefit was the right tool for the right moment. But when it’s keeping people from rejoining the workforce, it’s time to tweak it, and encourage more economic activity.

Food inflation is on the way up, despite lower prices for other consumer goods. And COVID-19 has impacted incomes.

With long gestation periods, new oil and gas projects may not get online when needed.

Jock Finlayson: BC has done a good job flattening the curve of COVID-19 - but don't lose sight of the fact that the province’s economy has been devastated by the pandemic, and measures taken to contain it.

Jordan Bateman: There's a lot wrong with the way the NDP are shrugging off a crucial deadline for BC businesses, not least of which is going back to seeing business as the boogeyman.