Jobless rate at historic low

[maryjane48]

http://m.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/12/01/c ... a-homepage

[christopher]

http://m.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/12/01/canadas-unemployment-rate-plunges-to-lowest-in-nearly-a-decade_a_23294064/?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage

Must be more fast food outlets being built

[GordonH]

Must be more fast food outlets being built

Or their EI benefits ran out & they are no longer in the system.

[Bsuds]

Everywhere we go we see "We are Hiring" signs.

[Keith Duhaime]

http://m.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/12/01/canadas-unemployment-rate-plunges-to-lowest-in-nearly-a-decade_a_23294064/?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage

Must be more fast food outlets being built

Yes, may be a few of those, but also a lot of high quality jobs too and they are going wanting for people to fill them. And you can bet that some of the people restricted to applying at fast food outlets will be crying about their wage. Memo to them: taxpayers provided you opportunities like professional education (engineering, nursing, and med schools) at universities, and trade schools at community colleges, etc. Made the decision not to take advantage of it. Look in the mirror. Choices almost always come with consequences.

[christopher]

How many of the jobs come by way of mass spending by the Government?
How many jobs come from NO tax dollars?

[Omnitheo]

How many of the jobs come by way of mass spending by the Government?
How many jobs come from NO tax dollars?

Without a government in place providing security, infrastructure, and educated workers, a lot of jobs wouldn’t exist.

Likewise, if you look at the single greatest expense by government, healthcare, then you can see that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country that exist because of it.

[christopher]

How many of the jobs come by way of mass spending by the Government?
How many jobs come from NO tax dollars?

Without a government in place providing security, infrastructure, and educated workers, a lot of jobs wouldn’t exist.

Likewise, if you look at the single greatest expense by government, healthcare, then you can see that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country that exist because of it.

Yes we all know that but with how many jobs have been created with out tax dollars to pay for all of this?

[Keith Duhaime]

Yes we all know that but with how many jobs have been created with out tax dollars to pay for all of this?

The more relevant question might be what is government doing to facilitate and/or stay out of the way of private business in filling the positions that are currently going wanting. For example, I know a lot of young engineers from Iran, Bangladesh, China, parts of Africa, and other places that would love to get PR and eventually citizenship here. So I wouldn't mind seeing a few more government employees in immigration to expedite the paperwork.

[christopher]

Yes we all know that but with how many jobs have been created with out tax dollars to pay for all of this?

The more relevant question might be what is government doing to facilitate and/or stay out of the way of private business in filling the positions that are currently going wanting. For example, I know a lot of young engineers from Iran, Bangladesh, China, parts of Africa, and other places that would love to get PR and eventually citizenship here. So I wouldn't mind seeing a few more government employees in immigration to expedite the paperwork.

I know lots of the same with PR looking for work in Calgary.

[CapitalB]

I have a question about how we count jobs. Are temporary part time jobs real jobs?

I mean sure technically its a job obviously. For all the people out there that want a real job, full time and permanent, the glut of seasonal, part time, while we're busy, contract jobs are almost worse than a real job. I say nearly worse because you kind of get stuck in this barely scraping buy, rotating shift work lifestyle.

[Rwede]

Everywhere we go we see "We are Hiring" signs.

Everywhere we go we see "We are McHiring" signs.

Yes, we McSee those McSigns McEverywhere.

[Keith Duhaime]

Everywhere we go we see "We are Hiring" signs.

Everywhere we go we see "We are McHiring" signs.

Yes, we McSee those McSigns McEverywhere.

There are people here that coild fill those jobs, but first we need to fix things like EI and put the word 'Insurance' back in so that like any real insurance, risk factors like educational attainment, claims history, etc. are accounted for in the premiums individuals pay.

[GordonH]

bumped up

It appears numerous unemployed benefits must have ran out, how many will walk over to the welfare office.
https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/3 ... half-years

[Catri]

bumped up

It appears numerous unemployed benefits must have ran out, how many will walk over to the welfare office.
https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/3 ... half-years

Yeah, those lazy buggers living high on the hog on social assistance. Why, with a month's worth of welfare for a single person with no dependants being $975, I'm surprised everyone isn't doing it!

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/gove ... rate-table