Surrey needs to make itself more attractive to business by taking advantage of its cultural diversity and evolving into a world-class city as its population nears 600,000, business and political leaders say. And, said Surrey-Guildford NDP MLA Garry Begg, the province can help with that as COVID-19 recovery money will likely be invested in building infrastructure. Begg joined real estate marketer Bob Rennie and Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association CEO Elizabeth Model in a July 23 conversation moderated by BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe.