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[Podcast] The Working City: Future of Vancouver’s Economy

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Looking west down the North Arm of the Fraser River from the Queensborough Bridge in New Westminister.(Photo by A. Longhurst)

Looking west down the North Arm of the Fraser River from the Queensborough Bridge in New Westminister. (Photo by A. Longhurst)

Is Vancouver on track to become a resort town with a real estate-dependent economy with an overabundance of low-wage service jobs? Are we on track to be a hub for transportation, technology, and value-added industries? How do highly uncertain global economic and climate forecasts play into Vancouver’s economic outlook?

On this podcast, we continue the ongoing series, The Working City (listen to Part I), examining urban economic landscapes and the future of economic development. We hear three of perspectives on the future of Vancouver’s regional economy, including Bryn Davidson, a laneway house developer, Marc Lee, an economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and Shane Simpson, a BC NDP MLA for Vancouver-Hastings. This discussion was recorded at the 2012 UBC School of Community and Regional Planning Symposium in February 2012.