Unleashing BC's Economy

But first, as always, we start with a poll from Mario Canseco.

Derek, can you roll Mario's poll?

Only a third of British Columbians rate the economic conditions in the province as good, while just over three in five consider them poor.

Residents are evenly divided on a question related to their own household's finances, with almost equal proportions saying the situation is good or poor, respectively.

More than half of BC residents foresee no change in the financial standing of their household over the next six months, and only 16% foresee an improvement.

The view is more dire when residents fund their BC's economy, with more than two in five expecting overall economic conditions to worsen.

In the early years of this century, British Columbia was consistently ahead of other Canadian provinces on most economic indicators.

Right now, just under a third of B.C. residents believe that our own economy is not doing as well as those in other Canadian jurisdictions, while only 14 percent claim we are performing better.

Just over two in five think B.C. is doing about the same as Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.

The BC government has traditionally classified the economy into 13 major sectors.

At this point, only five of these sectors garnered positive reviews from about half of the province's residents, with tourism, film and television, and technology and innovation being seen as the ones the government is managing best.

On eight other sectors, the results are not as encouraging.

More than a third of British Columbians are openly dissatisfied with the way the BC government is dealing with cannabis, construction and forestry.

The rating is only marginally better for key components of the economy, such as manufacturing and mining.

There is no consensus across party lines on the best way to deal with the significant budget deficit that the BC government has projected.

Just under half of residents who voted for the BC NDP or the BC Greens in the last election choose to raise taxes, while more than two-thirds of those who supported the BC Conservatives would rather cut programs.

Just over one in five residents are unable to select either option to deal with the deficit.

More than three in five British Columbians blame many of the setbacks the economy has encountered on the fact that Donald Trump is the President of the United States.

There is also wide support for the provincial government devoting more resources to expediting permits and dealing with bureaucracy and red tape.

On the political front, half of the province's residents expect BC's economy to improve under Mark Carney's leadership in Ottawa.

However, British Columbians are evenly divided on whether the BC Conservatives will be doing a better job than the BC NDP on economic concerns if the party had won the 2024 provincial election.

For Conversations Live, I'm Mario Canseco from ResearchCo.

But first, as always, we start with a poll from Mario Canseco.

Derek, can you roll Mario's poll?

Only a third of British Columbians rate the economic conditions in the province as good, while just over three in five consider them poor.

Residents are evenly divided on a question related to their own household's finances, with almost equal proportions saying the situation is good or poor, respectively.

More than half of BC residents foresee no change in the financial standing of their household over the next six months, and only 16% foresee an improvement.

The view is more dire when residents fund their BC's economy, with more than two in five expecting overall economic conditions to worsen.

In the early years of this century, British Columbia was consistently ahead of other Canadian provinces on most economic indicators.

Right now, just under a third of B.C. residents believe that our own economy is not doing as well as those in other Canadian jurisdictions, while only 14 percent claim we are performing better.

Just over two in five think B.C. is doing about the same as Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.

The BC government has traditionally classified the economy into 13 major sectors.

At this point, only five of these sectors garnered positive reviews from about half of the province's residents, with tourism, film and television, and technology and innovation being seen as the ones the government is managing best.

On eight other sectors, the results are not as encouraging.

More than a third of British Columbians are openly dissatisfied with the way the BC government is dealing with cannabis, construction and forestry.

The rating is only marginally better for key components of the economy, such as manufacturing and mining.

There is no consensus across party lines on the best way to deal with the significant budget deficit that the BC government has projected.

Just under half of residents who voted for the BC NDP or the BC Greens in the last election choose to raise taxes, while more than two-thirds of those who supported the BC Conservatives would rather cut programs.

Just over one in five residents are unable to select either option to deal with the deficit.

More than three in five British Columbians blame many of the setbacks the economy has encountered on the fact that Donald Trump is the President of the United States.

There is also wide support for the provincial government devoting more resources to expediting permits and dealing with bureaucracy and red tape.

On the political front, half of the province's residents expect BC's economy to improve under Mark Carney's leadership in Ottawa.

However, British Columbians are evenly divided on whether the BC Conservatives will be doing a better job than the BC NDP on economic concerns if the party had won the 2024 provincial election.

For Conversations Live, I'm Mario Canseco from ResearchCo.