In neighbouring Burnaby, it takes only a third the time it does in Vancouver to obtain a permit.
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Other regions created new jobs on net, but those were almost entirely offset by other regions shedding jobs.
The referendum could be decided with votes from the Lower Mainland alone.
In Vancouver, it takes almost two years, on average, to obtain a building permit.
The thrust of a lot of policy these days is to keep people working.
Job-creation in London, Greater Sudbury and Thunder Bay was negative.
Between now and 2019, Ontario will increase its minimum wage to $15 per hour.
Some of us are making a lot of money because we’re at that stage of life—others of us aren’t.
Most of us have deep affection for certain places, but for a business, such emotionalism is pure self-indulgence.
The minimum wage will increase by more than 30 per cent in less than a year-and-a-half.
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