The BC NDP’s new Go West agenda bills itself as the most ambitious economic strategy in a generation. It purports to be a 10-year sprint for “nation-building” projects, a magnet for $200 billion in private investment, swifter permits and a pipeline of skilled workers to fill the gaps. On paper, it suggests a province ready to grow up economically, and not a moment too soon. Public finances are a shambles. Investment eludes us. As critical industries, mining is mired, energy is enervated, forestry is forlorn. …Premier David Eby calls Look West part of his new “relentless and remorseless” approach. …The problem is how development actually works in a province bound by geography, litigation and a fragile relationship with Indigenous nations. …Many of the promised terminals, ports, transmission lines and mining corridors have been queued for years. …Bill 15, which lets cabinet declare “provincially significant” projects, might speed things up but raises legal risks.