How do people do to make money in British Columbia?

Answer 1

Coal has over $2 Billion dollares worth of production each year and Copper is next at $1.5 Billion dollars worth of production but does it generate the most income for BC and it's people?

That question is much more difficult to answer. Of course the coal and copper industry will say yes but they will not include costs to BC which include tax breaks and incentives, lost opportunity costs, or environmental costs and those environmental costs are very hard to pin down.

Coal is particularly note worthy when it comes to the environmental and other costs. As BC's #1 mined and exported product it puts BC in direct conflict with those people in BC fighting Alberta's exploitation of the Oil Sands. As a result the size of the coal industry and it's importance to BC and the fact that it is in competition to Oil Sands products in some markets are all things rarely talked about by BC.

But coal and mineral mining, including the open pit mining so hated when it is done in Alberta is fundamental to the economic success of BC in the past and future.

Answer 2

The province's economy in general is based primarily on agriculture, livestock, mining and logging industries, while in metropolitan Vancouver (and to a lesser extent also in Victoria) the main sources of income are the retail and wholesale trade, tourism and transport

Answer 3

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