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   From: ConzRconz@YOW.ca   
      
   Even with expanded gambling, expanded access to liquor, and lots of   
   handshakes with Alberta's Premier,  our Christy is still losing us jobs.   
   You go, girl !   
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   VANCOUVER SUN and THE CANADIAN PRESS - March 7, 2014   
      
      
   B.C. economy sheds thousands of jobs, but unemployment rate stays the   
   same in February   
      
      
   The B.C. economy shed thousands of jobs in February, although the   
   unemployment rate held steady, according to Statistics Canada.   
      
   The agency says 10,400 fewer people were employed in the province last   
   month, with the losses evenly split between part-time and full time   
   positions.   
      
   The unemployment rate for B.C. was 6.4 per cent, unchanged from a month   
   earlier, as fewer people participated in the labour market. Compared   
   with 12 months earlier, employment in B.C. was unchanged, the agency said.   
      
   Andrew Fields, an analyst with Statistics Canada, said the biggest   
   declines were in health care, social assistance, professional and   
   scientific services and wholesale trade.   
      
   He said there were slight gains in manufacturing and educational   
   services, but those were offset by the larger declines.   
      
   â€œIt doesn’t mean people are leaving B.C., it may mean that people   
   are no longer looking for work,” he said, adding that B.C.’s   
   population rate has increased 1.1 per cent since February 2013.   
      
   Nationally, the jobs market continues to sputter as the economy gave   
   back some of January’s gains by shedding 7,000 workers overall in   
   February, a disappointment to those hoping for a strong start to the year.   
      
   The loss was tiny in relative terms and insufficient to alter the 7.0   
   per cent unemployment rate.   
      
   But after last week’s news of stronger fourth quarter economic growth   
   than forecast, and an encouraging 29,000 employment increase in January,   
   economists had expected that February would also see gains in the order   
   of about 15,000 jobs.   
      
   While the last 12 months has seen a pickup of 95,000 workers — a weak   
   number — Statistics Canada notes that “there has been little overall   
   employment growth in Canada since August 2013.”   
      
   The softness was reflected in the employment rate, which held steady at   
   61.6 per cent, still about two percentage points below the pre-recession   
   highs. There were 15,500 fewer people classified as employees but 8,600   
   more people became self-employed.   
      
   There were some bright spots in the employment report, which is one of   
   the most important barometers of how the economy is doing.   
      
   Despite the overall loss of jobs as 25,900 fewer people were in   
   part-time work, as full-time employment rose by 18,900.   
      
   As well, the weakness came in the public sector, as declines in health   
   care and social assistance, education services as well as transportation   
   and warehousing contributed to a 51,000 dip in the labour pool. Private   
   sector employment rose by 35,200.   
      
   Regionally, while B.C. and Quebec lost jobs, Alberta and Nova Scotia saw   
   gains of 19,000 and 2,900.   
      
      
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         Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent,   
   hardworking, honest Canadians.   
         It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity.  But   
   then, we elected them.   
      
      
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