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3 worrisome facts about BC’s job market on the eve of Budget 2015

February 16, 2015 Iglika Ivanova Leave a comment

2015 marks the sixth year of BC’s recovery from the recession. But it’s been a slow and largely jobless recovery in BC. 1. BC needs 93,000 more jobs to return to our pre-recession employment rate (the proportion of working age British Columbians who have jobs). Only 71.2% of working age British Columbians have jobs today. This is practically the same share […]

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