In the past year, B.C. has lost 15,500 jobs while the working age population hasgrown by 43,300. Since the jobs plan was launched more than two years ago,B.C. has lost 6,700 private sector jobs, the worst record in the country and theonly province to have suffered an absolute decline.
VICTORIA — As British Columbiacontinues to lose jobs, the province’semployment rate dipped to the lowestit’s been in over 10 years last month.The dismal numbers demonstrateonce again that the Liberal jobs planhas been a failure, say NewDemocrats.“British Columbia lost a total of8,200 jobs between September andOctober, including 4,500 full-timejobs, according to today’s jobsreport,” said New Democrat financecritic Mike Farnworth. “Even FinanceMinister Mike de Jong knows thisjobs plan isn’t working. He admittedlast week that 2013’s jobs numbers‘fall short.’”In the past year, B.C. has lost 15,500jobs while the working age populationhas grown by 43,300. Since the jobsplan was launched more than twoyears ago, B.C. has lost 6,700 privatesector jobs, the worst record in thecountry and the only province to havesuffered an absolute decline.“These numbers are more bad newsfor people looking for good, familysupportingjobs in this province,” saidNew Democrat jobs critic HarryBains. “We can see the result of this job loss inthe provincial out-migration numbers.Since the jobs plan launched, 14,147British Columbians have moved toAlberta.“We need to work to stop this slide. Wecan’t do this without an investment inskills training and post-secondary programs.Sadly, the B.C. Liberals have donethe opposite, dismantling our apprenticeshipsystem in 2002 and doing little to putit back together, and cutting post-secondaryspaces.”
