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Ken Peacock
“I think B.C. managed the crisis much better. We’ve had better outcomes, and some of that is attributable to how we’ve managed it compared to other provinces.”
– Ken Peacock, chief economist, Business Council of British Columbia
Craig Alexander
“The B.C. economy will be the outperformer, posting the mildest downturn and returning to pre-COVID levels the quickest … policy decisions combined with a better record in terms of COVID-19 cases are why I think B.C. is going to outperform.”
– Craig Alexander, chief economist, Deloitte Canada
TD Canada
“B.C.’s progress in tackling the pandemic positions it well to perform better than the others this year… this success in tackling the pandemic has manifested in comparatively better indicators … B.C.’s fiscal position remains the envy of other provinces.”
– TD Canada, Provincial Economic Forecast
Business in Vancouver
“B.C. in best shape for COVID-19 recovery, economists say … Resilient natural resource and construction companies have helped jump-start economic resurgence.”
– Business in Vancouver
Pierre Cléroux
“Our forecast says that the impact is going to be less in British Columbia than it is on average in Canada. And the growth next year in British Columbia is going to be solid … In general, the B.C. economy is going to come back faster than the average in Canada.”
– Pierre Cléroux, chief economist, Business Development Bank of Canada
Pedro Antunes
“B.C. was very successful in containing the virus early on so that managed to dampen the impact of the closures, it dampened the impact on the labour market, and already we are seeing a fairly good situation because of that.”
– Pedro Antunes, chief economist, Conference Board of Canada
