Premier David Eby’s lacklustre four-month legislature session just wrapping up this week created more problems than it solved.

Maybe a change of scenery will get him back on track.

So he’s off on a 10-day trade mission starting Saturday to Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.

A fair share of the money backing the mega-billion ­development projects his ­government is depending on comes from there. So one of the mission’s goals is to meet ­investors and — as one official put it — “give them a big hug.”

He’ll reassure them their money is safe and sound and encourage them to make a lot more.

Officials briefed reporters on the trip Wednesday and said that foreign Pacific Rim direct investment is a major part of B.C.’s development across the board, not just the megaprojects.

They count 2,200 purchase and acquisition deals over the past decade that have created 33,500 jobs. Asian money has also stimulated B.C. start-ups and fuelled a lot of the research and development work.

The message to corporate boardrooms........

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