We know communities like the forestry sector are feeling the impact of global economic uncertainty. But B.C.'s economy remains resilient. In November: ✅ +6,200 jobs since Oct. ✅ +40,400 jobs yr/yr ✅ 6.4% unemployment (4th lowest in 🇨🇦) ✅ Highest women's FT jobs (+22K) #BCJobs 1/2

Had a great meeting with India's High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik and Consul General Masakui Rungsung on strengthening B.C.-India ties. We discussed boosting trade and investment opportunities between our regions and expanding our partnerships in key sectors.

During B.C. Buy Local Week, I encourage everyone to support the restaurants, retailers, farmers and makers who contribute so much to our communities. Now more than ever, your support helps local business owners grow and keeps our communities strong. #BCBuyLocal

We're helping B.C. businesses test their technologies in real-world settings and bring them to market. This new funding is part of our #LookWest plan to put people, communities, and businesses first and growing a resilient economy that can stand on its own. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

It's #BCBuyLocal Week and a good opportunity to buy BC-made gifts and experiences this holiday season. Choosing a neighbourhood café or buying B.C.-grown food helps build a stronger, more resilient local economy. I encourage everyone to shop local this week and throughout the year.

Congratulations to Darlene Rotchford on her appointment as Parliamentary Secretary for Armed Forces. Looking forward to working w/ her to strengthen military ties and align BC's skills training with defence priorities in aerospace and shipbuilding under our #LookWest strategy.🚢

People across BC deserve an affordable place to call home. While the Conservatives want to reverse the progress we’ve made by putting real estate speculators first, we’re focused on making housing more accessible for families.

Shovels are in the ground in #Penticton! 🚧 With provincial funding, Kaigo Senior Living is moving ahead with a new long-term care home offering 200 beds, private rooms & home-like spaces so seniors can stay close to loved ones and get the care they deserve. ❤️🏡 news.gov.bc.ca/33054

Cracking down on extortion threats is a big priority for our government. Today I heard directly from business owners on their experiences dealing with this threat. BC’s Extortion Task Force continues to make progress on these investigations. No one should feel unsafe in their home.

A key part of our #LookWest economic strategy is to diversify markets and create new opportunities. We led the Canada-wide effort to break down trade barriers in Canada, making it easier for businesses to grow and thrive. One agreement. One market. Unlimited opportunities.

This could threaten thousands of long-term renters and encourage bad faith evictions before next year’s FIFA World Cup.   Rents are down 10% partly because of these STR rules, but the BC Conservatives are trying to weaken and support repealing them entirely.   We won't let them.

Signing the Canadian Mutual Recognition Agreement means: ✅ lower business costs ✅ more innovation ✅ increased productivity & investment ✅ more consumer choices ✅ free flow of goods across 🇨🇦 Another milestone in our #LookWest plan for creating jobs and growing the economy.

Today, B.C. signed the Canadian Mutual Recognition Agreement to free the flow of goods across Canada. By breaking down #trade barriers and cutting red tape, we're creating new opportunities. This is key to our #LookWest strategy. 🍁 👉🏾 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202... @bridgitteanderson.bsky.social

Look West is our historic plan to strengthen B.C.’s economy and create jobs. We're partnering with First Nations, local communities, and industry on clean energy, renewable fuel, marine sector, trades training, tech and life sciences. This is B.C.'s moment, and Canada's opportunity. 🍁

B.C.’s Look West plan: 📈 Sets a 10-yr vision to strengthen B.C. and Canada’s economy and grow key industries ✅ Aims to secure $200 B in private sector investment in major projects over the next decade 👩‍🎓 Doubles skilled trades training funding by 2028-29 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

Our government is leveraging our natural advantages in critical minerals and clean energy while continuing to grow sectors where we have deep expertise, including aerospace, maritime, life sciences, construction innovation, quantum computing and AI.

B.C. rolled out Look West — a plan to fast-track major projects and grow the workforce. What it means for jobs, investment and the province’s future, with @ravikahlon.bsky.social megaphone.link/CORU5363050659

Today we launched Look West, a strategy that brings gov't, industry and communities together to: ⚙️ Deliver major projects faster 👩‍🎓 Expand skills training 🚢 Grow key sectors that drive innovation & resilience We’re creating good jobs and building a resilient economy for B.C. and Canada.

Look West is our plan to secure hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, make sure British Columbians are first in line for jobs and drive success in key industries.

We’re not waiting, we’re leading! Today we launched Look West, a bold plan to deliver major projects faster, expand skills training and grow key sectors. In the face of tariffs and global economic instability, this means more #BCjobs, stronger communities and a resilient economy. 1/2

Nearly half of Canada's major projects are in B.C. That's why we're investing $241M in trades training so British Columbians will have the skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow. You’ll be hearing more about our plans to grow the economy & create jobs in the days ahead. 1/2

Every British Columbian deserves the opportunity to succeed. That’s why we’re making the largest investment in trades training. Providing $241 million over three years, we’re going to train the next generation of skilled tradespeople in BC to get big things done.

We’re doubling B.C.’s trades training seats because our people are ready to build the future. Our workers have the talent. Our communities have the drive. B.C. is ready to power Canada’s economy forward. Let’s get it done. 💪🌲🇨🇦

B.C.'s economy remains resilient and strong, despite global headwinds. We have tens of billions of dollars in shovel-ready projects ready to go. With major economic projects comes prosperity for communities, good jobs for people, and strong services for families.

Despite global uncertainty, B.C.’s economy remains resilient with yr/yr increase of 36,100 jobs, including 27,400 more in the private sector. We can’t control what the US President does, but we can defend B.C. workers and build a stronger, more independent economy. 1/2 #BCjobs

At the First Nations Leadership Gathering this morning discussing partnerships that benefit all communities. B.C. has tens of billions in shovel-ready projects that will create jobs, prosperity, and build a stronger economy through partnership with First Nations. #FNLG #UNDRIP

Last week, I announced the groundbreaking for Nanaimo’s new BC Cancer Centre 🏥 ✨ 16 treatment bays ✨ 2 treatment rooms ✨ Advanced CT & PET imaging ✨ 4 linear accelerators to deliver radiation treatment ✨ A new oncology pharmacy news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2025INF0053-001077 #BCCancer

Being impacted by a disaster event is extremely difficult for communities. Our priority is keeping people, businesses, and properties safe during emergencies. We've launched a new resource to help businesses & communities prepare for and recover from disaster events. www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

It’s important for us to speak directly to Americans looking to build home or renovate. How much this work costs is going up – because Donald Trump has slapped additional tariffs on top of already unfair softwood duties. We didn’t do it, so we shouldn’t wear it.

Despite tariff uncertainty, B.C. small businesses continue to show resilience: ✅ 4th lowest small business tax in 🇨🇦 ✅ 3rd highest 5-year growth rate in 🇨🇦 ✅ One of only two provinces with rising long-term confidence We'll keep building an economy that works for people. #BCjobs #SmallBizWeek

Small businesses are the backbone of BC's economy. They're driving innovation, creating jobs, and strengthening our communities. This week, visit a local business and support the neighborhood cafés, bookstores and service providers who help BC thrive. #BCSmallBiz #SmallBusinessWeek

We're taking bold actions to drive investment in major projects that will grow BC's economy, diversify markets & create new #BCjobs. Nation-building industrial projects like the NCTL will unlock the full econ. potential of northern B.C. & Canada @adriandix.bsky.social news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

Homes across BC and millions around the world will be lit up as family and friends gather to celebrate the triumph of light over darkness and justice over injustice. Happy Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas to everyone celebrating! (1/3)

Had great discussions with Consuls General from Japan, Korea, and ASEAN on strengthening Indo-Pacific trade and investment ties. B.C. offers a stable environment for collaboration in key sectors and we look forward to advancing mutually beneficial economic growth for our people.

Thank you @bizcouncilbc.bsky.social for championing our businesses and building strong communities. As we look to the future, our message to Ottawa and global investors is clear: If you want to drive economic growth and opportunity for Canada, look west. B.C. is ready to lead.🍁

BC will drive the Canadian economy at a time when it's under attack by Trump and those who echo his message here. If Canada wants to grow its economy, the answer is simple: look west to British Columbia. That's where we're building a path to prosperity for all Canadians.🍁

We know communities are feeling the impact of global economic uncertainty and big challenges. Despite these pressures, B.C.'s economy remains resilient. In Sept: ✅Employment up 7,800 ✅48,600 jobs gained yr/yr ✅25,000 private sector jobs, leading all provinces #BCJobs 1/2

Vaping rates are rising across BC, and so is nicotine addiction. We've introduced new legislation that allows BC to take legal action against vape companies to recover public health care costs tied to vaping-related harm. More info: https://news.gov.bc.ca/32880

Inspiring morning at CLEAR (Canadians for Leading Edge Alzheimer Research) event learning about the research right here in B.C. that is bringing us closer to effective treatments & breakthroughs in the fight against Alzheimer's and dementia. Thank you Dr. Amanda Orr for the demo!

BC has billions in shovel-ready projects ready to go. Instead of real jobs for our province, the BC Conservatives are standing up for themselves, infighting and Alberta politics. We’ll continue to ignore the noise and deliver for this province and country.

Let’s be clear about what Alberta is proposing: BC loses billions of dollars of major projects from private investors. AND Canadian taxpayers are forced to pay billions more because there is no interest from a private company. That’s not fair. And fairness is a Canadian value.

👷‍♂️🏗👷‍♀️ Prompt pay legislation has landed in BC! Prompt pay legislation helps ensure that the work done to build a project is respected. At its foundation, this is about fairness for the construction industry — an industry that has built our province & powered our economy. news.gov.bc.ca/32867

Most parents don’t work 9-3 and may end up scrambling to pick up their kids after school. We’ve introduced legislation that, if passed, would allow school districts to offer seamless child care before and after school, on school grounds.

B.C.'s life sciences and biomanufacturing sector is one of the best in Canada. We've invested significantly in life sciences initiatives, leveraging federal and private capital to strengthen the sector, create good jobs, and grow our economy. 👉 www.biv.com/magazines/li...

Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel that took 1,200 lives. Among them, Vancouver's Ben Mizrachi. The pain and grief felt by families, communities and across the world is profound. (1/3)

Today in the BC Legislature: #bcpoli

BC’s growth is Canada’s growth. A TeamCanada approach means we can defend Canadian steel producers while ensuring BC has access to fairly priced steel, so we can build our infrastructure, grow the economy, and continue supporting steel workers in B.C. 👉🏽 financialpost.com/news/economy...

As B.C. exporters navigate the uncertainty of unjustified U.S. tariffs, we’re making sure they can keep growing and exporting their products and services by becoming CUSMA-compliant. If you're a B.C. business thinking about exporting to the U.S., apply here for support: exnav.co/ccasi

B.C. remains a top global destination for film & TV with world-class talent and stable production. We’ll remain focused on protecting B.C.'s motion picture industry and the 70,000+ people it employs. If Trump wants drama, he should stick to reality TV.

Exciting news for @kwantlenu.bsky.social! We've announced the first ever provincially funded student housing project in #Surrey. 🛏️350+ new student beds 🍴160 seat dining hall Excited to see the project break ground in 2026! https://news.gov.bc.ca/32834#Surrey