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The Canadian connection to protests in Hong Kong (BIV Today No. 317)

On BIV Today… Two guests from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada discuss ongoing protests in Hong Kong, and the implications for Canada and Canadian businesses.
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Protesters converged on Hong Kong International Airport last week to demonstrate against erosion of regional independence | Photoshop Studio One/Shutterstock

On BIV Today…

Two guests from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada discuss ongoing protests in Hong Kong, and the implications for Canada and Canadian businesses. Senior manager Charles Labrecque and post-graduate research fellow Isaac Lo (1:41) shed light on the situation in the show’s latest Asia 360 segment.

Dark web detective and digital identity guardian could be job options for employees in B.C. come 2030. The Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship explores what the Canadian landscape could look like a decade from now in a new report called Signs of the Times: Expert insights about employment in 2030 (available at brookfieldinstitute.ca). Diana Rivera (18:16), economist and project lead on the institute’s work on employment in 2030, discusses the report’s findings and implications for B.C.

Hayley Woodin hosts.