The COVID-19 pandemic may be battering Canadian business, but the underground economy is booming. No, I’m not talking about the still-flourishing black-market marijuana trade.
I’m talking about a literal underground business: installing a survival shelter in your backyard or basement. The bunker business is brisk, reports Ron Hubbard, owner of Atlas Survival Shelters in Texas. “The demand for shelters is skyrocketing worldwide,” Hubbard told me, noting Canadian demand for his ready-to-install underground emergency shelters is spiking along with the COVID-19 infection rate. “I do lots of bunkers in Canada,” said Hubbard, who lives three months a year in Saskatchewan. “British Columbia is the hottest market in Canada.” Why is B.C.