In recent years, population growth has become more balanced across the province. Average annual population growth on the Island & in the Thompson-Okanagan region has more than doubled & has outpaced the average gain seen in the Lower Mainland.
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While B.C.'s retail sales growth rate has tempered over the past two years, B.C. consumers are big spenders. In 2018, on a per person basis B.C. had the second highest level of total spending, behind Alberta.
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Last year the provincial economy downshifted to its slowest expansion since the 2009 recession. Fortunately, 2020 is looking a little brighter.
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January 21, 2020 | Vancouver, B.C.
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Electrification is seen as one of the major solutions to the problem of rising global greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, all countries that have made visible progress in reducing such emissions in the last couple of decades have done so, in large part by shifting fuel use in the electric sector.
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By Jock Finlayson in Economy
British Columbia’s place in the income pecking order leaves much to be desired, particularly considering the relatively high cost of housing in our urban centres. Median household incomes in B.C. cities are far below the levels in the country’s richest urban communities.
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By Ken Peacock in Economy
The province’s internal population growth dynamics have shifted in recent years. Population gains have eased in the Lower Mainland and accelerated in most other regions of the province. The reason for the change is migration, particularly movements of people within the province. There has been a…
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By Jock Finlayson in Economy
Last year the provincial economy downshifted to its slowest expansion since the 2009 recession.…
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By Jock Finlayson in Economy
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