http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Welcoming+China+effect/5432560/story.html

The northern corridor is the shortest North American supply chain route between China and the U.S. heartland markets.

Against the backdrop of the rise of the Asia Pacific as a rapidly growing market for B.C., corresponding investments planned or underway in northern B.C. total well into the billions of dollars

Many existing mines are being expanded while new ones will be enabled by the forthcoming $404-million Northwest Transmission Line along Highway 37.

The combination of growing resource exports to the vast markets of the Asia Pacific, led by China, and the inherent supply chain advantages of the Prince Rupert-Prince George corridor bodes well for future job creation in the north and B.C. as a whole.