{"id":82649,"date":"2016-05-04T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82649"},"modified":"2024-11-29T10:20:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T10:20:12","slug":"engine-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82649","title":{"rendered":"Mayors get a look inside British Columbia’s “engine room” region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In May 2016, British Columbia’s Mayors’ Caucus gathered in North East BC to meet and take a closeup look at the resource activity that distinguishes this region and aptly earns it the description of the “engine room” of the provincial economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list of abundant resources in the Northeast is a long one, including forestry, agriculture, wind and hydro energy, oil and gas, and mining. The region earns the description of engine room because its outsized contribution to the overall provincial economy has been shown to be a major motive force in producing employment, innovation, exports, and growth. Much of what we hear about the Northeast concerns LNG, but natural gas in that form is only one part of the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a Urban Futures Institute published in 2014, the Northeast made a substantial contribution to the value of BC\u2019s total exports in 2013 ($8.1 billion out of $90.0 billion; nine percent). It also provided the greatest export value relative to the size of its labour force (representing less than two percent of BC\u2019s total) of any region in the province: the export value per labour force participant in the Northeast region was $198,474, almost six times the average of $33,709 seen throughout the rest of British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During a one-day tour of resource sites, the mayors saw a range of activities in the oil and gas area. They also later toured innovation sites such as a micro-hydro project and a passive house demo project that uses cutting edge energy conservation technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the tour, it was clear that the mayors were thinking about the crucial economic-environment balance questions that represent the major challenge of our times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A planned tour of Fort McMurray was, unfortunately, cancelled because of the devastating wildfires that struck the Alberta city on May 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Here are some images from the tour, which was hosted by the BC Oil and Gas Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Site C underway<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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