bcbusiness.ca febrUArY 2016 BCBusiness 11
Talk to
Us Now
EMAIL bcb@canadawide.com
WEBSITE bCbusiness.ca
TWITTER @bCbusiness
FACEBOOK bCbusiness
W H AT YOU SA ID
feedback
Working It
The various stories in our Future of Work pack-
age (November 2015) sparked comments and
retweets on Twitter, especially the BCBusiness
workplace survey done in partnership with
Ipsos Reid and the Human Resources
Management Association.
In response to Matt O'Grady's introduction
outlining why there is nowhere many of us
would rather work than in B.C., UBCO
Hospitality (@UBCOHospitality) tweeted,
"Must agree, love working in B.C.!" while
Derek Mayson (@derekmayson) feels too
many people are attracted to B.C.: "@bcbusi-
ness go away people! You're clogging up the
roads and making it impossible to a'ord
living here!"
Ta x C lima t e
Our online poll (right) about the
carbon tax also elicited comments.
Raymond J. Fortier sr. felt the tax
is more of a cash asset transfer than
a pollution solution: "Not one cent
has been re-invested in public facili-
ties which every consumer is paying
into. All the revenue has gone to
business retail or industrial retrofits.
And...it hasn't reduced b.C.'s carbon
footprint even one per cent."
Jon Willers felt the carbon tax
should be applied more selectively:
no tax for people who can't afford to
live downtown and must commute
by car–as long as its engine is no
larger than four cylinders–but there
should be a tax on large trucks, per-
formance vehicles, luxury cars and
SUVs. He'd also like to see incen-
tives to buy electric cars and taxes
on carbon-intensive industries.
Just before the 2015 United Nations Climate Change
Conference in Paris last December, the climate leader-
ship team appointed by Premier Christy Clark released
recommendations that include reinstituting annual
increases in the carbon tax starting in 2018 when the
tax freeze ends. We posted an online poll to find out
what readers thought. from November 30 to Decem-
ber 8, 1,463 votes were cast in response to the ques-
tion: should Christy Clark raise the carbon tax?
Poll of the Month
Yes, but 2018
isn't soon enough.
The province
should do more
to fight climate
change now
14.15%
(207 votes)
no, the carbon
tax should be
frozen or axed
23.44%
(343 votes)
sure,
but wait
until 2018
62.41%
(913 votes)
Seeing people
vs. numbers.
FINANCING
|
CONSULTING
>
BDC.CA
BDC understands that a business is more
than just dollars and cents. That's why we
look at it as a whole, including the owner's
vision for the future.
BDC IS THE ONLY BANK DEDICATED
EXCLUSIVELY TO ENTREPRENEURS.
CORReCTiOn: There are 2,700 Certified Human resources
Professionals in british Columbia and the Yukon. Incorrect
information appeared in our December cover story, "Human
Nature," page 27.
