This is the largest increase in full-time jobs since May 2020.
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Alberta gains FT jobs & FT wages last month
Tag: economy
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My opening remarks from Progress Publics
I was invited to participate in a panel at the 2025 Progressive Publics symposium in Calgary on 14 June. Here are the remarks I made prior to the Q&A.
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Alberta lost 1,800 full-time jobs last month
We’ve seen a net loss of 23,500 full-time jobs to date in 2025.
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Correcting Nate Horner’s criticism of AUPE
Just filling in the gaps from yet another anti-worker message from yet another neoliberal finance minister.
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Alberta gained 15,000 jobs last month
But they lost 15,400 the month before, so this is pretty much a wash.
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Can politicians really create jobs?
Governments have a lot of power to actually and directly create jobs, and they’re refusing to use that power.
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What is productive surplus?
Our society will always produce more than it needs. But what should we do with that surplus?
There’s a persistent myth in Alberta that minimum wage workers are mostly teenagers. Except, this just isn’t true.
Since the start of the year, the province has lost over 35,000 full-time jobs.
They will get increases to wages, shift premiums, vacation time, flexible spending account, and sick leave accumulation.