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Rumblings south of the border suggest that not everyone is
happy with the North American Free Trade Agreement. To find
out how
NAFTA has affected B.C., Mustel Group conducted
a provincewide survey on behalf of BCBusiness from March
22-28, asking 347 business owners: "Has
NAFTA, in its
current form, impacted your business in a positive or
negative way?"
Poll of the Month
One for
the Ageists
Following this year's annual BCBusiness
feature on young entrepreneurs ("30 Under
30," April), Leah Murray, proprietor of
ByteSmart Strategies in Surrey, suggests that
we might also celebrate older businesspeople.
There are lots of mature women starting busi-
nesses, Murray says, and they're feeling a little
ignored these days. "Everyone who talks to us
about business talks almost exclusively about
young folks as entrepreneurs—and with the
rampant ageism and layo…s/downsizing going
on in the corporate world, a great many older
folks are taking their experience and skills and
going into entrepreneurship for themselves,"
she explains.ˆ"If we don't, we won't get to
use our hard-earned skill, knowledge and
experience at all." Murray proposes an annual
"16 Over 60" to showcase what her peers are
accomplishing: "I
KNOW they are achieving
some awesome things."
Positive
impact
Negative
impact
Little to
no impact
Does not
apply
to my
business
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know
TOTAL RESPONSES METRO VANCOUVER
OUTSIDE METRO
VANCOUVER
15.8%
5.6%
27.1%
C hamber Music
Rumon Carter (@rumon), execu-
tive director of service reform for
B.C.'s Environmental Assessment
Office, enjoyed editor-in-chief
Nick Rockel's Q&A with Val
Litwin, president and
CEO of the
BC Chamber of Commerce (The
Conversation, April), tweeting,
"Looking good–and, more impor-
tant, sounding substantial–pal
@vlitwin in @bcbusiness Ups +
respect." See page 10 for details
of our brand-new partnership with
the BC Chamber.
47.2%
4.3%
18.4%
5.3%
28.6%
44.5%
3.3%
10.9%
6.3%
24.2%
6.3%
52.3%
