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HOWE STREET RADIO: Federal Campaign Ignores Small Businesses

by Jordan Bateman | Sep 15, 2021 | ARTICLES & OPINIONS

ICBA’s Jordan Bateman has been looking for ideas to help small businesses throughout the federal election campaign — and found distressingly few.

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Twas a long time ago now, but Democracy Watch continues its court challenge against John Horgan's selfish decision to call an early election during the pandemic. They want to prevent it from ever happening again.What a comment this is: "By calling a snap election during a pandemic instead of waiting for the fixed election date, Premier Horgan acted like an old-school power-crazed politician, not a new democrat committed to fair and democratic elections," said Duff Conacher, a co-founder of Democracy Watch. ... See MoreSee Less

Democracy Watch in court arguing Premier Horgan's snap 2020 election was illegal

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'The case is not aimed at overturning or voiding the election results,' said the group, but to prevent future 'unfair' snap elections
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This report will come as no surprise to anyone who has been watching as federal and provincial red tape, high taxes, poor economic management, and pandering to US-funded eco-activists chase investment out of Canada."Canada depends on trade for over two-thirds of its gross domestic product (GDP), and a little over a decade ago Canadian users placed the country in the top 10 of global infrastructure rankings. As trade has grown in importance, confidence levels in the country’s transportation infrastructure systems have fallen and were ranked at 32nd in the world in 2019 — below all of our major competitors."#Get2Yes ... See MoreSee Less

Carlo Dade: 'Shovel ready' approach is why Canada's infrastructure rankings are dropping

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Carlo Dade, director of Trade and Investment Centre at the Canada West Foundation, says a "shovel worthy" approach is the fix. Learn more.
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LNG remains a massive economy-boosting possibility for British Columbia -- if we're bold enough to pursue it. Want more doctors, hospitals, schools, parks and infrastructure? Grow the economy and #get2yes on LNG. ... See MoreSee Less

B.C.'s LNG industry reignites expectations, even as challenges remain

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B.C. is at the cusp of LNG exports, but continues to lose ground against U.S., Australian competitors while plant is under construction.
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TRAINING THURSDAY: Understanding Unions for Non-Unionized Workplaces (Labour Relations Series)Kerry and Jordan return to talk about their recent vacations, ICBA Gala, and an important new course from ICBA Training.Understanding Unions for Non-Unionized Workplaces (Labour Relations Series)Wednesday, May 25, 2022 11AM – 1PMicba.simplesignup.ca/en/10895/index.php?m=eventSummaryMissed this one? Visit icba.ca/coursesEmployee and labour relations is an exciting field that covers a wide variety of areas such as labour law, people management, and the relationship between workers and management in unionized workplaces. However, the focus of this webinar will be on your open shop model, or non-unionized workplace.Unions have had a significant impact on corporate and people management practices and in many cases have influenced employers in non-union environments to adopt more progressive practices. This includes how employees are hired, how performance is managed and how discipline is administered.This 2-hour introductory LR webinar will give our members in non-unionized workplaces a look into how to better understand your existing employee management practices.Presenter: Pamela Bragg of Sarkany ManagementMore details at: icba.simplesignup.ca/en/10895/index.php?m=eventSummary ... See MoreSee Less

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Good piece from Ben Stewart in KelownaNow, explaining how the NDP are stripping workers of the fundamental democratic right to a secret ballot in union votes."The NDP’s own 2018 Labour Relations Code Review Panel Report recommended keeping the secret ballot — the NDP ignored that advice and plans to scrap the secret ballot anyway."www.savethesecretballot.caFull piece at www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/West_Kelowna/Ben_Stewart_Secret_ballot_system_for_worker... ... See MoreSee Less

Save The Secret Ballot

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John Horgan and the NDP are taking away workers’ rights by scrapping the secret ballot in union votes! For 30 of the past 38 years, the secret ballot has been used by B.C. workers to determine wheth...
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Vancouver businesses are being pummelled by a City Hall that knows only how to hike taxes and create more suffocating red tape. ... See MoreSee Less

Vancouver businesses beg for red-tape relief

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Regulatory roadblocks, weaponized tax regime, lack of communication cited as biggest problems for local entrepreneurs
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