Why is Quebec a have not province with a huge city like montreal and a population much bigger than BC yet BC.?

Answer 1

The Government of BC is a wise user and planner of it resources and how they spend their money it creates. Quebec politicians are so worried about seperation you cant do everything at once. The political uncertainty that doggs Quebec (for decades) makes it an unattractive place of business for those not willing to take risks. Language plays a barrier too, which is too bad Quebec is so unique and beautiful with a very modern attitude in so many ways too bad the politicians didnt think about whats best for the province.

Answer 2

I've lived in both BC and Quebec. Both are the same technologically & industrially. The size of cities in each province or their general population size doesn't make too much of a difference. The difference comes from a few major economic factors:

1. Natural resource wealth. While both Québec & BC have abundant hydroelectric resources, northeastern BC also shares in the oil & gas deposits common in western Canada. Since prices for these are very high now, BC gets significant revenues for oil & gas deposit royalties.

2. Provincial government spending & taxation. Québec tends to have more comprehensive social programs (eg. universal day care, cheaper tuition) and support for cultural industries (movies, music, literature, etc), and pays for these with higher taxes. This may have a dampening effect on the economy locally.

3. Uncertainty over seperation. Every time there is a referendum on seperation, many business leave Québec because many do not like the economic & political uncertainty associated with the independence. Many are wary of the way an independent Québec government would impose taxes to pay for things that are shared by all part of Canada right now, such as the military, foreign service, post office, etc etc. The economy in Québec is just now in recent years been recovering for the last referendum on independence held in 1995.

Both governments reported a surplus, as did all provinces, in 2005, though the BC surplus was over a billion dollars and the Québec one $299 million. The Canadian federal governement also reported it's ninth annual budget surplus in a row that year. All these governments predict budgetary surpluses again next year, so being a "have-not" province is not really that bad - it's a largely artificial definition meaning that the province is below the national average in ability to pay for services it needs (such as hospitals, schools, roads, etc). That means that these provinces get money ("Transfer payments") from the federal government to bring them up to the national average, so that all Canadians can receive basically the same level of services.

Answer 3

You ran out of room, but I assume your question is why Quebec is a "have-not" province (in the economic) sense, yet British Columbia, a much smaller province population-wise, is consider a province of "haves."

I would think that technology is the answer; Quebec and Montreal are very old fashioned. British Columbia is more affluent and advanced both technologically and industrially.

Answer 4

BC has nicer winters, doesn't raise hell about seceeding from the rest of Canada, and the girls are cuter.

Okay, mayber the girls aren't cuter, but the winters are a lot better. Face it, Van-City is growing!