Market Update: We break down the business implications, market impact, and expert insights related to Market Update: Look West: Jobs and Prosperity for a Stronger BC and Canada – Full Analysis.
A targeted strategy to deliver major projects, expand skills training and grow key sectors to strengthen the economy.
A strategy built for people to succeed
Look West is a targeted plan designed to deliver major projects, create good jobs and strengthen B.C. and Canada’s economic security in the face of economic threats. We’re seizing opportunities and leveraging our strengths to deliver for B.C. and for Canada.
We have the resources Canada and the world need, the infrastructure and coastal ports to deliver them to market, and the skilled people and regulatory framework to complete major projects, on time and within budget.
Actions at a glance
Our approach is built on three key pillars.
Strengthening our workforce
- Focusing on skilled trades training to build the talent we need
- Leveraging talent and expertise from across Canada and around the globe
- Advancing skills training for highly qualified professions to drive Canada’s key economic sectors
- Connecting industry to quality training opportunities
Learn more about our workforce
Delivering major projects faster
- Accelerating major job-creating projects
- Speeding up and streamlining permitting, reducing barriers and delays, and removing duplication across regulatory frameworks
- Leveraging B.C.’s natural resources to deliver major projects
Learn more about major projects
Diversifying markets and growing targeted sectors
- Building pathways to international trade, diversifying markets, and reducing internal trade barriers
- Strengthening our export infrastructure, getting more goods to the global market
Learn more about markets and targeted sectors
Explore targeted sectors
Maritime
Expanding and optimizing our maritime sector
Aerospace
Expanding aerospace capacity for successful national and international defence contracts
Life Sciences
Enhancing life sciences and biomanufacturing capabilities
Construction innovation
Driving economic growth through construction innovation, creating a hub for advanced building technologies
Agriculture
Growing agriculture and food production, exports
Tourism
Strengthening B.C.’s tourism and outdoor recreation industry
