Tackling the myth of resource versus tech economies

It’s common mythology that B.C.’s traditional natural resource economy has reached its end-game and is being replaced by a “new economy” based on technology and innovation. The iconic logger has been replaced in our imagination by a computer programmer, miners supplanted by lab techs.
As is usually the case with such convenient scenarios, the truth is not that simple.
In fact, B.C.’s ‘old’ sectors like forestry and mining are driving technological innova