Biv Today

On BIV Today… The value of Metro Vancouver building permits issued in March shot up 114% year over year. Hosts Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin (0:33) discuss some of the biggest business headlines for Wednesday, May 9. The Fraser Institute’s Ken Green (3:52) walks through a new report that estimates insufficient pipeline capacity will cost Canadian energy producers $15.8 billion in 2018. Green also weighs in on what discounted Canadian oil prices will mean for B.C. SFU finance professor Andrey Pavlov (16:01) has researched the implications of the BC NDP’s ‘School Tax’, and shares his concerns with what he says will be a 20% capital gains tax over 20 years. Check out the Business in Vancouver team’s stories at https://biv.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.