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Economy

Economic factors influence a community’s capacity for resilience against future social, political and environmental challenges. The themes present in this category include green jobs, local economy, wealth gap, and trade agreements.

Power really does rest in the hands of the few

A study that seeks to go behind ideology to study the connections of the powerful has revealed that the global economy only has a handful of players. Conducted by complex systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich the study "examined the connections between 43,000 transnational corporations [and] has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy." Of those companies there is a "super-entity" of 147 even more tightly knit companies.
Filed in: News Stories, Reports and Studies, Economy | October 20, 2011

Gateway pipeline will hurt Canada's economy says report

A new report says the Northern Gateway pipeline would boost crude oil prices $2 to $3 per barrel annually over the next 30 years, causing significant damage to consumers, businesses and the Canadian economy. The economic assessment of the $5.5-billion project by former Insurance Corporation of British Columbia CEO Robyn Allan says the price shock will have "a negative and prolonged impact on the Canadian economy by reducing output, employment labour income and government revenues."
Filed in: Economic Growth, News Stories, Energy, Economy | February 3, 2012

Columbia Institute 2011 Polling Results

Each year the Columbia Institute does polling on the local issues that British Columbians consider most pressing. This year we also asked British Columbians about their support for Living Wage policies and action on Climate Change. Click below to read the results.

Climate change could cost Canada billions: report

Canada can expect to pay $5 billion per year by 2020 and between $21 billion and $43 billion each year by 2050 if it fails to come up with a domestic plan within a global agreement to tackle climate change, according to an assessment released by a federal advisory panel. Other key findings from the report by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy include:
Filed in: Climate Change, News Stories, Economy | September 29, 2011

Is it bad for cities to be in debt? Not necessarily

With all the talk of government debt recently — Toronto, $4.7 billion; Ontario, $240 billion; the U.S., $14.6 trillion — the spectacular figures and the concept of debt itself have become so abstract many people don’t even understand the conversation. The Toronto Star recently spoke with Dr.
Filed in: Budgeting, News Stories, Finances, Economy | August 16, 2011

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Filed in: Economy | April 25, 2011
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