Commentary

Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock: COVID-19 job losses have hit Metro Vancouver especially hard. Absent a vaccine, recovery is likely to be sluggish and uneven.

Chris Gardner: COVID-19 has ravaged the economy. PST relief will mean household savings, but also boost projects, and the jobs they create.

Not normally one to ask for ads to be taken down, Ada Slivinski was unsettled by one in particular.

Jody Vance: the second wave is coming. If we’re going to ask people with no outdoor space to keep safe, we need better options than Zoom and walks around the block.

Is ditching the PST for a year the tonic BC's economy - and election campaign - needs? Plus behind the scenes of a very eventful weekend in Langley, and will the Greens get a full slate?

The emergence of cost-effective electric vehicles will have a noticeable effect on crude oil consumption.

Dene Moore: BC’s central issue is a growing urban/rural split. This election campaign will either start to address it, or make it even worse.

Peter Menzies: The federal government is apparently preparing massive regulation of the Internet, pandering to niche lobby groups.

Mark Goodman and Cynthia Jagger: Rumour has it Ottawa may hike the capital gains tax. Here’s why it's a bad idea.

Week one of BC's 2020 election is dominated by the blame game.