What Happens to BC Economy after 2010?
March 1st, 2006Economic Outlook - from one Olympics to the next. It's been hard to
watch the Olympics in Turin without wondering what the climate (for
skiing and housing) will be like in Vancouver in 2010.
Andrew Ramlo of Urban Futures was asked this question recently by a panel of Realtors. "After
losing an average of 4,000 people a year through interprovincial
migration, 1997-2004, population in the Vancouver area is back on the rise!"
states Ramlo. Estimates for 2005 and beyond are for a net gain as
people either return here from the snowy East or venture here for new
job opportunities. Our projections for 2006 to 2011 are to pick up an
average 3,000 people each