Alberta was the only province west of Atlantic Canada with unemployment still over 6%.
Tag: economy
Last week, Alberta’s economy minister boasted about new records in venture capital investments in Alberta. He left out some stuff though.
Last week, the UCP released their latest provincial budget. In this article, I break down where all the revenue is coming from.
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New UCP budget shows 100s of job cuts
The UCP’s final budget of their 4-year term shows a loss of nearly 900 public sector jobs over the last 4 years.
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Alberta coal production plummeted in 2021
Last year, Alberta’s coal industry saw its lowest production levels in over a decade.
The number of Alberta companies employing workers has been decreasing since the middle of 2015.
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Over 70,000 Alberta workers on EI
In December 2021, Alberta saw more people on EI than every December over the last 20 years, except for two.
A new website published by Alberta’s UCP government made 11 claims about the economy. I fact checked each one.
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Alberta gained 6,000 oil & gas jobs in 2021
But we’re still below 2018 levels.
Alberta had the highest unemployment rate in Western Canada in January 2022 and the only Western province with unemployment still over 6%.