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| | BCPolitics - BC News and Political Commentary |
 | | The 2001 Census confirms that the population of British Columbia is predominantly metropolitan, with 1,986,965 people (51% of BC's population) living in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area and 311,902 (8%) living in the Victoria CMA, and that the metropolitan population is increasing faster than the rest of the province. |
 | | It is asserted that with very few exceptions, the current hegemonic model which overly relies on large scale corporate investments, international trade and export-led development, is unsustainable both financially, socially and environmentally, and furthermore, has been woefully inadequate in providing either community stability or reliable good paying jobs to the majority of BC residents. |
 | | It is asserted that for British Columbia, the "co-op" or "co-operative model" of development, while is thusfar underutilized, is the best institutional vehicle to bring about such an economic model of development. |
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