Alberta’s unemployment rate decreased to 11.8 per cent in August, but remained the second highest in the country. The drop in the unemployment rate was mainly due to the fact that 16,000 Albertans left the workforce, while only 9,700 found jobs.
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On a metropolitan basis, #Calgary had the highest unemployment rate in the country for the second month in a row at 14.4%.
Meanwhile, Jason Kenney's UCP remain committed to cutting services like health care and education, and eliminating thousands of public sector jobs.
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It is absolutely ludicrous to move forward with mass layoffs in the public sector while the private sector continues to struggle. Jason Kenney is going to make a bad situation worse by cutting jobs at a time when Albertans desperately need them.
It’s time for a new economic strategy that focuses on diversification, stable and secure job creation, and ensuring all Albertans are part of our recovery.
This means supporting new sectors, like #tech and #renewables, and making sure there are fewer barriers to re-entering the workforce by investing in #childcare and a safer school re-entry.
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