"We are not all f**ked," says BCSC

👋 The title of the BC Securities Commission’s bold new music video — “we are not all f**ked” — is also true of at least some other Vancouver tech stories this week.

Digital, the Vancouver-based supercluster, announced that it’s expanding support for B.C. skills training — and its initiatives seem to run counter to the U.S.’s recent anti-diversity rhetoric. We dug into how Binta Financial makes it easier for newcomers to Canada to build their financial identity and find housing. Plus, a Vancouver leader shared his lessons in scaling local startups.

That said, it’s been a bittersweet week for TransLink, whose $663 million investment doesn’t come close to closing the gap on its operating shortfall — which is due in a large part to electric vehicles. The province is in the process of developing its critical minerals strategy for the cleantech evolution (great) but lots of that plan will be based on conjecture (not so great.) And there’s still that big ol’ issue of tariffs from the U.S. on Canadian goods.

Oh, and if you want to find out why the BC Securities Commission is telling us that we’re not f**ked, scroll down to our “ideas and insights” section.

-Kate Wilson, managing editor

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