B.C. will be engine of the new Canada, Eby says ahead of trade mission to Asia [Video]

Standing in front of 136,000 kilograms of sablefish being unloaded at the Finest at Sea market in Victoria, B.C. Premier David Eby announced an upcoming trade mission to Asia.

Eby said he and Agriculture Minister Lana Popham will be travelling to Japan, South Korea and Malaysia.

“Food from B.C. commands a premium in Asia,” Eby said, as the province works to find new trading partners aside from the United States.

He added that countries around the world are interested in what B.C. can provide: clean energy, technology, food, agriculture, and critical metals and minerals.

“Our province will be the engine of the new Canada,” Eby said.

He added B.C. will partner with other provinces and territories to increase and diversify trade.

A few weeks ago, Eby congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney on his election win and urged him to “commit to a new era of federal-provincial-territorial cooperation.”

The missive comes following a campaign in which Carney positioned himself as …