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The article discusses the lack of interest from the oil industry and the Canadian government in transporting crude oil by rail from Canada to China.

The article presents quotations from people such as the Bank of Montreal executive Robert Prichard, the Bank of Canada executive Isabelle Courville, and the Canadian senator Celine Hervieux-Payette concerning quotas for female representation on corporate boards.

The article discusses government policy in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada regarding energy industries and oil projects as of July 2013. Topics include the rejected proposal for the construction of the Northern Gateway oil pipeline by the pipeline transport company Enbridge; environmental policy regarding the oil industry in B.C.; and conditions for oil projects as stated by B.C. Premier Christy Clark.

The article discusses government funding of energy industries and natural gas resources in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada as of April 2013. Topics include plans by Christy Clark, the premier of B.C., for the Prosperity Fund for proceeds of liquefied natural gas (LNG) development; economic forecasting for the LNG export industry in Canada; and taxation of the natural gas industry in Canada.

The article looks at corporate structures as of 2013, reporting on the community contribution company (C3) legal structure created in British Columbia as a way of bolstering social enterprises. It describes C3s as hybrids, with characteristics of both for-profit corporations and charitable organizations, and notes they are modeled on the British community interest company (CIC) designation.

The article discusses the C3 community contribution company business model in British Columbia, Canada that limits dividends for shareholders and helps finance social enterprises. Topics include corporate regulations and charitable giving by companies.

The article profiles Aequitas Innovations Inc., a stock exchange scheduled to launch in Canada in 2014, which aims to renew interest in stock trading in the country, discussing Aequitas' plans for restricting only some high-frequency trading (HFT) practices and its competition with the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

The article discusses environmental policy in British Columbia, Canada as of 2013, with information on carbon taxes and climate-change policies. Topics include criticism by B.C.'s auditor general John Doyle on the aim of the Pacific Carbon Trust to issue carbon credits to offset emissions by public-sector business, carbon accounting debates, and Canadian government policy for pollution reduction.

The article discusses the possibility that the government of British Columbia may issue bonds in Chinese yuan, or dim sum bonds, in 2013 in order to diversify investments and encourage foreign economic relations with China.