Even though total production has been higher under the UCP, the pace at which it has grown has slowed.

Even though total production has been higher under the UCP, the pace at which it has grown has slowed.
Alberta still has the highest unemployment rate outside of Atlantic Canada.
Alberta was the only province west of Atlantic Canada with unemployment still over 6%.
During the first 3 years of the UCP administration, Alberta worker wages increased at the slowest rate in Canada.
Over the last 7 years, Alberta’s share of full-time jobs in Canada has been decreasing.
Since 2014, Alberta’s oil & gas industry has increased annual production to an additional 4.1 million cubic metres. But they did it with 34,000 fewer workers.
Prior to the UCP gaining power, full-time jobs were on the rise in Alberta’s hospitality sector. Since that time, the sector has reversed that trend.
Last month, Alberta’s oil and gas minister—er, I mean, energy minister—Sonya Savage tweeted out that 2021 saw oil production at record-breaking levels. Her tweet linked to an article written by Rob Roach, deputy chief economist at ATB Economics, which said that oil production was up 8% in 2021, reaching a new high of 1.32 billion […]
Alberta was the only province west of Atlantic Canada with unemployment still over 6%.
Last week, Alberta’s economy minister boasted about new records in venture capital investments in Alberta. He left out some stuff though.