There are plenty of people like Frank Giustra etc who are actively making money in Alberta and spend it here (take a look at the load stats of WestJet/AirCanada between YYC and YVR. Not to mention people who cashed out in a lot of startups a decade or 2 ago in the tech / biotech field... companies like Creo, original EA, QLT created at least a hundred+ millionaires.
BC has the highest registered heart surgeons who doesn't have a permanent position, most of them became stay at home mom / dad. Surprisingly a lot people just come for the nice weather and the lululemon lifestyle.
Thanks to the gutting of statscan, we just don't have a clear picture of what's going on. I think it is intentional on the gov's part.
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Originally Posted by Ludepower
I scratch my head wondering the same as well...How does Vancouver afford the higher cost of living when we have no corporate or manufacturing industries. Immigrant money, drugs and our natural resources is all we have.
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