Vancouver to become new BC capital, government moving to Vancouver Art Gallery building

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Vancouver to become new BC capital, government moving to Vancouver Art Gallery building

ancouver will become the centre of both business and politics of British Columbia under a new scheme of historic proportions proposed by the BC NDP provincial government.

Under the new audacious plan called ‘BC’s Prosperity Leap’, the capital of the province and all of the associated functions, departments, and offices of the provincial government will be relocated from Victoria to Vancouver.

This means nearly all 14,000 bureaucrats that currently work on the southernmost tip of Vancouver Island will be working and living across the Strait of Georgia in Vancouver instead.

The full transition to the Lower Mainland could happen by 2027, with the old Vancouver Art Gallery building in downtown Vancouver converted and expanded into the new BC legislature.

Artistic rendering of the Vancouver Art Gallery redesigned as the new BC legislature. (handout)

And to provide new working space for its bureaucrats, the provincial government is already in the process of seeking between 1.5 and 2.1 million sq. ft. of office space within or near downtown Vancouver.

This is very well played. Be sure to check the comments.

 

[Passepartout]

OK. I was had. I'll slink off to my corner now.

 

[Ken555]

Hilarious.


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[Ken555]

Wow! This is a BIG deal. Understandably the people of Victoria really feel that the rug was pulled out from under them, but even they can see that this move simply makes sense. Vancouver IS the de facto leading city of Canada's West Coast.

Jim

ROFL.

Jim, read the comments.


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[PamMo]

Look at the date of the article, guys. Fun read, though!

 

[Ken555]

Look at the date of the article, guys. Fun read, though!

...that's why it's hilarious.

 

[DaveNV]

Somebody had a lot of time to think about this. And although as one commenter said, "Too bad it's fake, because it's a good idea."

Dave

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Adding to the humor is that this is something that has actually been proposed in the past:

'They’re so out of touch': British Columbians stuck with Canada's most isolated provincial capital