Look West: Jobs and Prosperity for a Stronger BC and Canada
Last updated on November 17, 2025
A strategy built for people to succeed
Look West is a targeted plan designed to deliver major projects, create good jobs and strengthen B.C. and Canada’s economic security in the face of economic threats. We’re seizing opportunities and leveraging our strengths to deliver for B.C. and for Canada.
We have the resources Canada and the world need, the infrastructure and coastal ports to deliver them to market, and the skilled people and regulatory framework to complete major projects, on time and within budget.
Actions at a glance
Our approach is built on three key pillars.
Strengthening our workforce
- Focusing on skilled trades training to build the talent we need
- Leveraging talent and expertise from across Canada and around the globe
- Advancing skills training for highly qualified professions to drive Canada’s key economic sectors
- Connecting industry to quality training opportunities
Delivering major projects faster
- Accelerating major job-creating projects
- Speeding up and streamlining permitting, reducing barriers and delays, and removing duplication across regulatory frameworks
- Leveraging B.C.’s natural resources to deliver major projects
Diversifying markets and growing targeted sectors
- Building pathways to international trade, diversifying markets, and reducing internal trade barriers
- Strengthening our export infrastructure, getting more goods to the global market
Explore targeted sectors
Driving economic growth through construction innovation, creating a hub for advanced building technologies
Look West: Jobs and Prosperity for a Stronger BC and Canada
- Download the Look West Strategy (PDF, 13MB)
- Learn about the other ways we’re building a stronger B.C. economy together