For an election that supposedly hinges on public concerns about cost of living, there’s been surprisingly little attention paid in this campaign to traditional bread-and-butter economic metrics. Jim Stanford gets into it. Jim is economist and director of the Centre for Future Work in Vancouver. Published Oct. 10, 2024. 

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/10/Five-Positives-You-May-Not-Know-BC-Economy/

For an election that supposedly hinges on public concerns about cost of living, there’s been surprisingly little attention paid in this campaign to traditional bread-and-butter economic metrics. Jim Stanford gets into it. Jim is economist and director of the Centre for Future Work in Vancouver. Published Oct. 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/10/Five-Positives-You-May-Not-Know-BC-Economy/

Five Positives You May Not Know about BC’s Economy

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