British Columbia has what it takes to create jobs families can count on: we control our own fiscal future, we have abundant natural resources, a prime geographic location, a highly-skilled workforce, a Triple A credit rating, low taxes and a bedrock commitment to financial responsibility. We are a safe harbour in turbulent economic times.
This is the time to seize the opportunity to market British Columbia as never before as a preferred destination for international investment.
Canada Starts Here: The BC Jobs Plan takes all our strategic and competitive advantages and puts them to work. Three pillars help us deal with today’s economic uncertainty and emerge from it stronger than ever:
- We will make the most of our position as Canada’s gateway to the Asia Pacific, expanding markets for B.C. products particularly in Asia.
- We will strengthen our infrastructure to get our goods to market.
- We will work with employers and communities, enabling job creation across B.C.
Underlying these pillars are continuing commitments to ensure our skills and training programs lead the way to the jobs of tomorrow, and to maintain the prudent and fiscally responsible approach that our economy needs – and taxpayers deserve.
To accelerate growth, we will also leverage the strengths of our most competitive sectors – resource, knowledge and infrastructure – to bring new dollars into our economy from our most important trading partners.
In B.C., we’re at the crossroads of the world’s biggest markets. We know where the opportunities are, and we know how to harness them. Together, through The BC Jobs Plan, we will make it happen.
British Columbia: Canada Starts Here.
