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Foreign buying of Vancouver real estate—beware the siren call of sovereignty

Throughout history, governments have used the principle of sovereignty and nationalism to not only impose taxes on foreigners without warning, but also to seize and nationalize...

Canada and Australia: Gareth Evans on the role of good international citizens

One of the world's most popular former diplomats lays out a road map for a more peaceful world.

B.C. trade minister Teresa Wat is confident economy will ride out shock of 15 percent Vancouver foreign-buyers tax

One real-estate agent, however, thinks the new levy will boomerang on the city and the middle-class folks it's supposed to help.

New Canadian RMB financial hub cuts out U.S. dollar

The Canadian hub, which will be served by a network of major local and international banks through a computerized platform, will be the 10th one jointly established by China...

Cultural chauvinism poses economic risk for Canada

In Canada, the twin trends of Asianization and globalization are meeting with a backlash.

Singapore's Pacific Oil & Gas boosts Woodfibre LNG project in Squamish

A low-key 11-year-old Singapore firm has emerged as the surprise leader in a crowded field of established global giants racing to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from B.C. to...

New B.C. book unearths Chinese labourers’ secret role in First World War

Forget Apple or Foxconn: the most secretive mass western outsourcing of jobs to China took place almost a century ago.

Malaysian state-owned energy company Petronas's liquefied natural gas investment in B.C. faces hurdles

Never mind that details and hard facts were missing and that the project’s numerous parts must first grind through Canada’s tough approval process.