Lower Mainland to Get Northern Perspective

Saturday, January 24, 2009 04:18 AM

Prince George, B.C.- The Business Council of B.C. will soon get a Northern Perspective.

Initiatives Prince George CEO Tim McEwan is joining forces with the head of the B.C. Business Council, Virginia Green, to bring the northern message to key business leaders in the lower mainland.

“There will be a special forum in which all the members of the B.C. Business Council in Vancouver can hear about things like, the need to train in the north, the need for research and development and regulatory reform around bio-energy and the New North Foundation which will link UNBC research with the communities in the region and their needs.”

McEwan says the forum, which will be held soon and will offer candid discussion, will offer a deeper understanding of northern perspectives and issues.

This special forum will be separate from an economic summit which will be held in Vancouver February 3^rd and 4^th.

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Posted on Saturday, January 24, 2009 04:18 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: gus on January 24 2009 9:47 AM

That the Lower Mainlaind will get the northern persepctive is rather presumptive. How will we determine that they get it? Will there be a test?

How many here get the Lower Mainland perpsective?

Posted by: gamblor on January 24 2009 10:00 AM

Tell them silk-wearing poodle-walkers to send cash.

Posted by: MrPG on January 24 2009 4:38 PM

If I lived down there, I wouldn't care about the north either.

Most of the voters are down there, so it makes sense that the politicians focus their time down there. Why is that so hard to understand?

Posted by: Harbinger on January 24 2009 8:05 PM

We cut down trees. They build cement condominiums. Never the twain shall meet? Final test? Show them a map of BC and have them point out where we are.

Posted by: woodwoman on January 25 2009 3:49 PM

There is a saying - "there is no hope beyond Hope!". Yes, I agree - give them a test - they will score badly.

Posted by: gus on January 25 2009 6:33 PM

"Most of the voters are down there, so it makes sense that the politicians focus their time down there. Why is that so hard to understand"

I have not the fogiest.

The votes are there. Even if one agrees that the money is here, what are we going to do about it. Vote Green? NDP? Not gonna make a dent!

Leave the province and join Alberta and become the poorer cousin? Create our own province?

If the natural resources - timber, gas, oil, minerals, water - are not going to provide us with the money right now, what can anyone do about it?

Diversify? That is what many of us are saying. So what are we diversifying to? Secondary and tertiary manufacturing (value added) and service industries.

Guess what. Those are the very industries which the lower mainland has been developing from the raw products we are providing and for the marketplace of the large population base which is located down there and not up here.

One of the possible solutions? Decentralize. Of course, does that make sense in the decades ahead when businesses which rely too heavily on transportation will be paying a premium to deliver their products to market.