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The Informer 11 BETTING The gambling industry is placing its money on TV ads 12 GO FIGURE The numbers on intellectual property in B.C. might make your head spin 15 LAND VALUES The hotel shortage in Vancouver coincides with a boom in tourism 19 YOUNG GUNS Bryden Pelletier has set a bunch of records for civil service, but his passion for entrepreneurship hasn't burnt out 21 FIVE QUESTIONS Boston Pizza co-owner George Melville talks about saving a slice for everyone 23 SHIFT HAPPENS NDAs aren't the be-all, end-all solution they're often portrayed to be Quality Time 71 WEEKEND WARRIOR Olympian and tech employee John Smythe has a lot of goals on his mind 73 ON TREND These three reusable bag makers aren't mad about Vancouver's ban on plastic 75 CARRY ON Your future business trips could have minimal security times and, uh, no gravity 77 INVENTORY A roundup of healthy snacks for when the munchies hit 78 IT'S A GOOD THING YWCA Metro Vancouver is help- ing female refugees settle in and land on their own feet Chatter 8 EDITOR'S DESK Where do we go from here? YAN HUCKENDUBLER ( contents ) 6 BCBUSINESS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022 PUBLISHER Samantha Legge EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Nathan Caddell SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Edwin Pabellon ASSISTANT EDITOR Rushmila Rahman CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Alyssa Hirose PRODUCTION/STUDIO MANAGER Landon Spenrath DIGITAL AD CO-ORDINATOR Kim McLane AD DESIGN Nadine Gieseler PRODUCTION SUPPORT TECHNICIAN Ina Bowerbank SALES MANAGER Anna Lee SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Charie Ginete-Ilon, Brianne Harper, Mira Hershcovitch, Amy LaJambe, Gabriella Sepulveda, Sheri Stubel HEAD OFFICE / SALES 604-299-7311 sales@canadawide.com U.S. SALES REPRESENTATION, HAYES MEDIA SALES 604-377-7922 lesley@hayesmediasales.com EUROPEAN SALES REPRESENTATION, S&R MEDIA Sylvie Durlach +33 1 44 18 06 62 srmedia@club-internet.fr CANADA WIDE MEDIA LIMITED canadawide.com CHAIRMAN & CEO Peter Legge, obc, ll.d (hon) PRESIDENT Samantha Legge, mba VP OF HR/ADMIN Joy Ginete-Cockle VP OF FINANCE Sonia Roxburgh, CPA, CGA EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Rick Thibert DIRECTOR OF CIRCULATION Tracy McRitchie ACCOUNTING Terri Mason, Eileen Gajowski CIRCULATION Katie Gajowski, Kelly Kalirai OFFICE MANAGER/SALES COORDINATOR Lori North EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CEO/ ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Charie Ginete-Ilon BCBusiness is published six times a year by Canada Wide Media Limited, Suite 130, 4321 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6S7. Phone 604-299-7311; Fax 604-299-9188. Mail Preferences: From time to time, other organizations ask us if they may send some of our subscribers information about products and services that might be of interest. If you prefer that we not provide your name and address, please contact us at the address listed above. No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form—print or electronic—without written permission of the publisher. For subscription info, call 604-299-1023 or email: bcbsubscriptions@ canadawide.com. B.C. residents: to subscribe to BCBusiness for one year, send your name, address, telephone number and a money order or cheque for $26.20 ($24.95 + tax) to BCBusiness at the address above. Send change of address notices and covers of undeliverable copies to address above. ISSN 0849-481X. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40065475. Printed in Canada.