Inside BC's Mining Boom

"I can't imagine a happier industry," said MLA Kevin Krueger, the BC Liberals' minister of state for mining. "There's really great cooperation between this government and industry." Mining employment rose to 7,345 direct employees in 2006, earning an average salary and benefits package worth $99,900. Mining remains the largest private sector employer of Aboriginal people in Canada. "I'm never supposed to be at a loss for words," Krueger told mining executives gathered in Vancouver this week. "I really like your words. Words like 'spectacular' and 'nothing short of unprecedented' and 'eclipsed' and 'by far the highest.' Those are excellent words." http://thetyee.ca/News/2007/05/17/MiningBoom/

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