Industry represents employment, production and development, at least before AI and robotics might take over most human jobs. Unfortunatly, BC has quite a history of so many restrictions, which makes growth or expansion difficult. Its been part of a multigenerational BC mentality or agenda. Fortunately, the backwater BC mentality hasn't been able to take over all of Western_Canada and the Pacific_Northwest.
Despite that Switzerland could fit into BC almost 2 dozen times, it's been tough for BC to even have the population of one CH.
