UNDERGROUND: The real impact of the underground economy in B.C.

February 6, 2026 ON A DRIZZLY WINTER MORNING in 2005, Raul Aguilar balanced on the edge of a high-rise, a suction cup gripped to the pane of glass he was lowering into place. He was 19 years old and a recent immigrant from the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico. New to the...