by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Insights
In this week’s econ minute, we’re talking about the latest GDP by Industry data as well as May’s Labour Force Survey data. Have an indicator you want us to look into? Email us at media@businesscouncilab.com. GDP by Industry Instead of looking at GDP...
by admin | May 29, 2021 | Advocacy, Op-Eds
Albertans this week got a dose of good news with a clear pathway to reopening based on science and targets. With this plan, and as vaccine rollout continues across Canada, dreams of sandy beaches and days without deadlines don’t seem as farfetched as they once did....
by admin | May 20, 2021 | Analysis, Insights
A virus may be amoral but its impact in society is not. This past year has been defined by more than disease; it has also been defined by inequality—the gap between low and high-income individuals, and those who have had the ability to work from home versus those who...
by admin | May 18, 2021 | Advocacy, Letters & Submissions
Dear Prime Minister, We are writing to you at a turning point in our country’s fight against COVID-19. By mid-summer, if not sooner, some three quarters of Canadian adults will be at least partially vaccinated, and one in five will be fully vaccinated. When that...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Podcast, The Brief
As many Albertans experienced the devastating loss of loved ones; the loneliness of social distancing; the disruption to work and home life; and compounding responsibilities of childcare and homeschool, the toll that this past year has taken on mental health has been...