The final BC election platforms compared for small business: PST, equipment relief, rent control, hiring credits and the fiscal math behind each promise.

The BC election 2026 small business conversation has been swallowed by one story: the professional-services PST that was announced, prepared for, and then paused. That story matters, but it is one line item. If you run or are about to start a business in this province, the BC election 2026 vote on October 24 also decides your corporate tax rate, whether one extra hire triggers a payroll tax cliff, what you pay for equipment, how long a permit takes, and how much of a $13.8 billion deficit lands on you later. This guide lays out the seven issues [...]

Every candidate will tell you they support small business. The useful questions to ask candidates in the BC election are the ones that cannot be answered with that sentence. Between now and October 24 you will get at least one chance to put a question to the people who want your vote, at an all-candidates meeting, on a doorstep, or by email. This is the list of questions to ask candidates we would bring, why each question matters to a one-to-ten-person firm, and what a real answer sounds like compared with a campaign one. The test for every [...]

Any list of BC NDP promises to small business gets two lazy treatments during a campaign. Supporters say everything was delivered; opponents say nothing was. Neither survives contact with the record. Independent tracking found the party completed most of its first-term platform, and it also cancelled a headline rebate, reversed its deficit trajectory, and left several business commitments unfinished. This post takes twelve specific BC NDP promises made to small firms since 2017, checks each against public evidence, and gives it one of five labels: delivered, partly delivered, unverified, broken, or off track. The point is not a [...]

The EU has proposed Canada become its first associate member. As of September 2026 it is only a proposal - here is what is on the table, what is not, and why the October Montreal summit matters.

B.C. paused its planned PST expansion to professional services days before the October 1, 2026 start. Here is who it would have hit, why the Province hit pause, and what to do now.

A practical look at what a closer Canada-EU relationship could mean for Canadian small businesses - services, digital trade, payments and hiring - grounded in the rules that already exist under CETA.