Premier says restart plan showing positive early signs

B.C.’s premier says he is optimistic about how the province’s economic restart has gone so far.

“On balance, I’m pretty excited about where we are. The past four months have been extremely challenging for British Columbians. We’re far from out of the woods,” John Horgan said.

Horgan says B.C. continues to see relatively low numbers of new Covid cases, and the evidence shows more and more people are coming out of their homes and participating in the economy, going shopping and to restaurants.

“We’ve seen examples like a half a billion dollar investment by CN Rail in British Columbia. Private sector investments like that are critical to our success going forward. And there are increasing numbers of companies that are looking at British Columbia at having successfully flattened the curve, having a skilled, dynamic, multi cultural workforce that can help them advance their business interest,” Horgan said.