Comments on: Provincial Economic Powerhouses http://www.canajunfinances.com/2007/04/25/provincial-economic-powerhouses/ Personal Finances and Consumer Concerns, essays, stories, examples and how to articles with a distinctly Canadian Point of View Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:46:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Big Cajun Man http://www.canajunfinances.com/2007/04/25/provincial-economic-powerhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Big Cajun Man Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:12:00 +0000 http://www.canajunfinances.com/?p=551#comment-521 Indeed, apologies for being glib on that, B.C. and Alberta are easily bigger economies than many nations in this world.<br/><br/>The Olympics are going to add to that economy is my guess. Indeed, apologies for being glib on that, B.C. and Alberta are easily bigger economies than many nations in this world.

The Olympics are going to add to that economy is my guess.

]]> By: NFtoBC http://www.canajunfinances.com/2007/04/25/provincial-economic-powerhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-520 NFtoBC Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:09:00 +0000 http://www.canajunfinances.com/?p=551#comment-520 "British Columbia is the #2 province, construction, Olympics and trees are the three key words there."<br/><br/>Add fish, oil & gas, agriculture, tourism to that mix. Currently in BC the service sector provides about 80% of the jobs, and 75% of the provincial GDP. See http://www.guidetobceconomy.org/bcs_economy/look_at_job_market.htm<br/>forthe government's take on this part of the economy. “British Columbia is the #2 province, construction, Olympics and trees are the three key words there.”

Add fish, oil & gas, agriculture, tourism to that mix. Currently in BC the service sector provides about 80% of the jobs, and 75% of the provincial GDP. See http://www.guidetobceconomy.org/bcs_economy/look_at_job_market.htm
forthe government’s take on this part of the economy.

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