In 1986, finance guru Larry Fink was a rising star. Throughout his career, he'd added $1 billion to his bank's profits and helped build the U.S. mortgage-backed security market. Promotions came easily until a miscalculation brought everything to a dramatic halt. He lost $100 million in a single year. That devastating experience changed the way Larry Fink looked at money. He realized that to succeed, he would need a long-term vision that paid close attention to the economy's evolution and its risks. Now, 28 years later, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager and manages assets worth $5.1 trillion.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark , July 25, 2012. (Photo: Adam Scotti/Reuters) In early 2016, Fink sent a very alarming letter to CEOs across the world. That letter called out the dangers of what he described as "short-termism," and it is exactly how companies put themselves at risk. After Fink's letter, Harvard Business Review also hit back at company short-termism, Business Insider called it a disease, and two Columbia Business Professors outlined clearly how corporate short-termism cripples long-term profits. Companies often support this practice until devastating consequences emerge. Boards are responsible for keeping a company alive. Once it becomes clear that a CEO's short-termism is moving a company towards disaster, management will step in and fire the CEO. No, jobs aren't safe under the Liberals. At this point, if Christy Clark was a CEO, she would have been fired. Risking our financial future for short-sighted PR tactics has cost B.C. billions of dollars, and taxpayers foot the bill. Despite her heavy PR spins about jobs, her tactics, in reality, have produced lower wages, focused on dying sectors and delayed core infrastructure and maintenance to the point that affordable housing and our schools are crumbling. So, what has Christy Clark done? B.C. wage growth has continued to lag. B.C.'s household income ranks seventh across Canada, significantly below the national average. Metro Vancouver falls even lower on the income scales, despite our astronomical housing expenses. B.C.'s job market faces high rates of part-time work and underemployment, which skews unemployment ratings. B.C.'s household debt has also surpassed the average debt held by American households during the 2008 recession. No, jobs aren't safe under the Liberals. No, money isn't good under the Liberals. Yes, taxpayers have suffered and are in crisis. Clark's last election campaign focused on jobs and the LNG industry, but that never materialized. After years of cancelled projects and the loss of a major Fortis deal, B.C. has lost its LNG investment money.