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Agriculture Vs Western Canada

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Western Canada and British Columbia are both geographically found on the west half of Canada, yet they have extremely different biomes resulting in a different economic anchor. British Columbia favors the forestry industry while Western Canada’s economy depends on its agriculture industry. They both serve the same purposes in each region’s economic strength however the future outlook are very different. Both forestry and agriculture are sustainable resources that helped shape the region when European settled down. Both are still important industries, but due to the amount of new technology and resource opportunities, they are not as necessary as before. They remain a core industry in rural regions, but as knowledge-based economies and oil mining has overtaken them in terms of sheer economic power. …show more content…

The forestry industry in BC is facing an exportation crisis as the demand from the USA has fallen. Assuming that the trends will stay the same, it would mean that BC would only be able to export their goods to only a few foreign countries. It fails to compared with the other booming industries, such as the knowledge-based economy found in Vancouver. It is not without a purpose however, as a fair population of the First Nations depend on forestry as their main source of income Nikolakis, W., & Nelson, H. (2015). However, with the technology of felling trees being mostly the same, there is not much room for growth outside of the normal supply and demand chains. This suggests that the reliance of this industry will further dwindle over time as the technology industry becomes stronger in

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