When governments talk about the employment recovery following COVID-19, it is important to understand where job growth has actually occurred. A new study published by the Fraser Institute today finds that since the onset of COVID, government-sector job growth outpaced private-sector growth – in all 10 provinces! Nationally, the number of government-sector jobs increased 11.8%, while the number of private sector jobs increased only 3.3%. Of the four largest provinces, BC had the fastest rate of government sector job growth at 22.6% and the slowest rate of private sector job growth at 0.3%. Alberta had the lowest rate of government sector job growth at 8.9%, and the fastest rate of private sector job growth at 6.2%. See where the other provinces placed – and find out which four provinces experienced negative private sector job growth --- CLICK HERE
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