BC sheds ~8000 jobs in November

[NAB]

....most of them full time jobs in the education and technology sectors. Losses were slightly offset by "slight gains" in the manufacturing sector.

http://www.theprovince.com/business/emp ... story.html

Nab

[flamingfingers]

^How's that "Jobs Plan" working out, eh?

[NAB]

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in November. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities but cautions the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. (Previous month in brackets.)

— St. John's, N.L. 5.9 (5.7)

— Halifax 6.5 (6.3)

— Moncton, N.B. 7.7 (8.0)

— Saint John, N.B. 8.0 (9.4)

— Saguenay, Que. 7.8 (7.9)

— Quebec 4.9 (4.8)

— Sherbrooke, Que. 7.1 (7.1)

— Trois-Rivieres, Que. 8.2 (8.3)

— Montreal 7.9 (8.2)

— Gatineau, Que. 6.4 (5.8)

— Ottawa 5.7 (6.3)

— Kingston, Ont. 5.9 (6.2)

— Peterborough, Ont. 5.7 (6.0)

— Oshawa, Ont. 6.6 (6.6)

— Toronto 8.2 (8.0)

— Hamilton, Ont. 6.8 (7.1)

— St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 8.6 (8.3)

— Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ont. 6.0 (6.8)

— Brantford, Ont. 4.1 (4.8)

— Guelph, Ont. 7.4 (7.2)

— London, Ont. 7.5 (7.9)

— Windsor, Ont. 8.5 (9.0)

— Barrie, Ont. 5.1 (5.5)

— Sudbury, Ont. 6.9 (7.2)

— Thunder Bay, Ont. 6.3 (6.3)

— Winnipeg 5.9 (5.9) -

— Regina 3.9 (3.2) -

— Saskatoon 4.2 (4.6) +

— Calgary 4.6 (4.6) =

— Edmonton 5.1 (5.3) +

— Kelowna, B.C. 6.2 (5.5) -

— Abbotsford, B.C. 7.5 (7.9) +

— Vancouver 6.6 (6.7) +

— Victoria 4.3 (5.0) +

[LoneWolf_53]

Considering that of the several BC locations listed, only Kelowna's unemployment rate increased, I'd have to say the jobs plan isn't doing too terribly badly.

Kelowna, a tourist town, sees higher unemployment in the midst of winter, who'da thunk it? LMAO

[NAB]

Ya, looking around BC even Nanaimo unemployment rate dropped. However somehow I doubt 8000 full time jobs lost can be substantially based on Kelowna's winter loss of tourism. But it is interesting that Kelowna seems to have lead the way in BC and Alberta's YOY unemployment increase amount.

BTW, winter hasn't even officially started yet in November, let alone being in the midst of it.

Nab

[LoneWolf_53]

It's not just winter loss of tourism NAB. The orchards around here aren't exactly hopping with activity either, and I'd be willing to bet that some construction jobs have been eliminated for the time being as well, while service industries like hotels and restaurants are in their off season.

I doubt there's enough snow bunnies yet to make up the loss of summer tourists.

[Urbane]

The independent panel that looked at the HST told us that by 2020 we would create 24,000 well paying jobs if we kept the HST. I'm not too concerned about the monthly rates that go up and down but long term we would have had more jobs if we had kept the HST. Too bad we didn't.

[Captain Awesome]

The independent panel that looked at the HST told us that by 2020 we would create 24,000 well paying jobs if we kept the HST. I'm not too concerned about the monthly rates that go up and down but long term we would have had more jobs if we had kept the HST. Too bad we didn't.

But hey, haircuts are cheaper now.

[Gone_Fishin]

There are old guys in Nanaimo getting weekly buzz-cuts now that haircuts are 70¢ cheaper. Probably have weekly photo-ops too. Isn't it a shock that a tourism-based and agriculture-based jobless rate in Kelowna climbs when it hits -15 outside? Must be Christy's fault.