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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.

After a first 100 days spent listening to chambers and boards of trade across British Columbia, Jen Riley shares what she's heard, what she believes, and where the BC Chamber is headed.

Budget 2026 expanded BC's Provincial Sales Tax (PST) to cover professional services for the first time, including things like accounting, security and engineering.

The Government of British Columbia announced today that the province will permanently adopt daylight saving time. After clocks spring forward on March 8, 2026, they will not be turned back, ending twice-yearly time changes for good and transitioning B.C. to a single, stable time zone year-round.

On February 19, 2026, the Government of British Columbia announced a $50 million investment to expand access to nasal naloxone across the province as part of ongoing efforts to address the toxic drug crisis.