B.C. government expanding skills training programs through new complex in Burnaby

Premier John Horgan has laid out what he says is BC's new, long-term economic plan, which includes a goal of filling one million jobs over the next decade, though the announcement offers just one immediate first step.

Horgan says his government will invest nearly 137 million dollars in a trades and technology complex at the BC Institute of Technology campus in Burnaby.

He says more than 20 trades and technologies will provide skills training, help develop resilient communities and mark BC as a world leader in a low-carbon economy.

Other goals of the ``StrongerBC Economic Plan'' include anticipating and training for what are described as the ``jobs of tomorrow,'' accelerating access to provincewide high-speed internet, supporting under-represented entrepreneurs and expanding the province's manufacturing capabilities.