https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metropolis-at-metrotown-mall-redevelopment-master-plan-concept
No chance now of BC ever having a mall as big as the West_Edmonton_Mall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Edmonton_Mall#Future_developments
However, Burnaby will gradually get to have a dense downtown core with potentially some taller buildings than Edmonton.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Edmonton_Mall#West_Edmonton_Mall_Transit_Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_at_Metrotown#Transportation Perhaps the WE Mall might eventually become like a 2n core for Edmonton. However, since Vancouver won't permit buildings to be taller than the tallest in Montreal, Calgary & Edmonton. Thus, Burnaby, Coquitlam & Surrey will have to take on that roll.
Metrotown_station will become the key downtown core stop in Burnaby.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_shopping_centres_in_Canada
For most of Canada's history, it was about keeping out or at least slowing down the influx of non-white people. Then in more recent years, its been about using environmental concerns to keep Canada in a perpetual slow growth mode, except for a few cities. Canada still doesn't even have half of 1% of the world's population. Yet, it's the 2nd or 3rd largest county in overall area. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2018005-eng.htm 41 million people. How is it that so many other countries can accommodate more people? Better urban planning can make all the difference.
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/population_and_demography
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population , https://www.census.gov/popclock/world
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/
https://www.un.org/en/desa/world-population-projected-reach-98-billion-2050-and-112-billion-2100
