Alberta unemployment rate hits 7.3% as job creation becomes election campaign centrepiece

Alberta unemployment rate hits 7.3% as job creation becomes election campaign centrepiece

in Mar 08, 2019

[ad_1] The latest jobs numbers from Statistics Canada remain stagnant in Alberta. Although the province has 3,800 more jobs than it did last month, the trend factors in the creation of 11,500 public-sector jobs and the loss of 7,000 private-sector positions. Alberta’s unemployment rate rose half a percentage point compared to last month, reaching 7.3[…]

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