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Originally Posted by zahav

Vancouver and BC in general have always been a preferred destination for Canadian migraants for various reasons (lifestyle, retirees, weather, etc). What is different now is that with the strong economy here, it's not just a "pretty place with mild weather" but the outlook here is better than most of Canadian. Whas happening is a perfect storm of people already wanting to come here because its "Lotusland", people coming for more jobs, as well as less people being drawn to other places in Canada. We are lucky, because places like Manitoba (and others) have a decent economy, low unemployment, and it even isnt enough to keep its own people, let along attract from other places (its sad because its a good place, yet is the worst performer of the last decade for losses in migration, 2nd only to perennial favourite Quebec

A FIRE economy is not a strong economy.