Premier John Horgan made his pitch for new investment at the annual B.C. Tech Summit in Vancouver Tuesday, describing B.C. as a key part of the 91裸聊视频淐ascadia corridor91裸聊视频� of North America that is leading the world in creating the new economy.

91裸聊视频淚 know the brains in this room are ready to go,91裸聊视频� Horgan told the annual event at the Vancouver Convention Centre. 91裸聊视频淚 know the capital that91裸聊视频檚 assembled in this room is ready to go. The function and format here allows brains and capital to come together. I hope there are a few deals done, and I91裸聊视频檓 looking at some of the bigger investors in the front row, over the next couple of days.91裸聊视频�

More than 10K tech jobs in BC, 6k new jobs added in the last year, tells

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Horgan said there are more than 10,000 technology companies in B.C. now, providing 114,000 well-paid jobs.

91裸聊视频淛ust in the past year another 6,000 tech jobs have been added, and we have as you all know the lowest unemployment rate in the country,91裸聊视频� he said.

The B.C. Tech Summit continues until Wednesday, with networking sessions and workshops on diverse topics such as artificial intelligence, the emerging 91裸聊视频渂ioeconomy91裸聊视频� and agricultural innovation and a job fair.

Horgan emphasized that the technology revolution extends beyond the urban soutwest of B.C. He highlighted a sawmill property in the Kootenays being converted into a rural technology centre.

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Spreading the technology wealth requires investment, such as last week91裸聊视频檚 announcement of $50 million in high-speed internet service for people in 200 rural and Indigenous communities. It91裸聊视频檚 the second phase of the province91裸聊视频檚 latest internet program, from communities.

Horgan touched on his effort to network with the western states of Washington, Oregon and California on technology development and making daylight saving time standard all year round. He noted that he has become a 91裸聊视频淐NN junkie91裸聊视频� and saw U.S. President Donald Trump endorse the idea of scrapping seasonal time shifts.

Horgan said he also listened with interest to the new governor of California, Gavin Newsom, speaking about the 91裸聊视频淐ascadia corridor91裸聊视频� leading the world into a new economy.

91裸聊视频淭o establish those relationships north-south is as important to British Columbians as those that bound us together east-west since Confederation,91裸聊视频� Horgan said.

tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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