BC’s Jobs Economy Is Red Hot and Getting Hotter | The Tyee
Two times higher. Simply, B.C.’s recent job-creation numbers over the last 10 months were about double the national average.
Nation’s only growth. And
when Statistics Canada’s “unadjusted” jobs numbers — called “actual
employment” — are considered, B.C.’s performance is even more stunning.
Looking again at the period between June
2018 and April 2019, the entire country of Canada lost — yes, lost —
126,400 jobs. Every single Canadian province, except one, recorded
negative, actual job growth over the period.
B.C. was the exception, as the number of new, unadjusted jobs soared upward by 46,500.