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Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney toured the Port of Vancouver's Deltaport terminal and confirmed the federal government is looking to invest more than $10 billion to expand it, saying the port's current capacity won't be enough to meet the country's trade goals within a decade.

My identity is deeply Canadian. Not a big statement, just a matter of ordering: I align first with the nation, above the province I am from. This country fills me with pride for what we stand for. It is not always on the tip of my tongue, but it is a feeling of community, authenticity, openmindedness, and I had always thought, prosperity.

Coalition says direct-to-consumer alcohol sales demonstrate progress on long-standing business priorities

Joint business agenda urges action on nation-building and competitiveness

In this line of work, I am learning that the standard measure of success is the advocacy win. You had a position phrased in the form of a policy, you pushed for a change, and the change happened as you drew it up. But how often does that happen? Is it realistic for a list of recommendations to all land at once? And what would it look like if we started to take a less binary approach to our win/loss column?

The most important idea in the 2026-2028 Strategic Plan is not a program or a platform. It is a decision about what kind of provincial chamber to be.

Defence is rising up the agenda in Canada. After years in the background, it has become a live economic conversation, driven by a federal government committing to a large, sustained increase in defence spending and to steer more of it toward Canadian-made capability. That is a scale of investment that changes what defence can mean for domestic industry.

For three days in Fort St. John, business leaders, chamber professionals, policymakers, Indigenous partners, and community builders from across British Columbia came together for the BC Chamber of Commerce's 74th Annual General Meeting & Conference.

After months of advocacy from rural chambers of commerce and business leaders across British Columbia, the Province has reversed course and opted into a temporary foreign worker extension that will provide immediate relief for employers in rural and resort communities facing acute labour shortages.

The 2027 BC Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting and Conference will be held in Richmond, BC.