Alberta still has the highest unemployment rate outside of Atlantic Canada.
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A 9th community had its obstetrics department closed until May.
Alberta was the only province west of Atlantic Canada with unemployment still over 6%.
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AHS announced 13 ER closures in March
One of the communities lost its emergency department for nearly 200 hours.
One thing I often hear from UCP supporters is that the NDP drove up the deficit by creating more public sector jobs. So I took a look at the data.
During the first 3 years of the UCP administration, Alberta worker wages increased at the slowest rate in Canada.
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Alberta sucks at creating full-time jobs
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.
Alberta was the only province west of Atlantic Canada with unemployment still over 6%.
Alberta Health Services is calling for rollbacks for 12 classifications of HSAA workers, at an average of -5.36%