Did you know B.C. actually has the worst performing economy in all of Canada, when you measure more of what actually matters? Here are the facts:
Full-time earnings have fallen more in B.C. than any other province since 1976–80. It’s particularly bad for residents age 25–44 who now earn $8,000 to $10,000 less (adjusting for inflation).
B.C. has lost control of home prices more than any province. It took five years of full-time work to save a 20 per cent down-payment on an average home in 1976–80. It took eight years when the BC Liberals came to power in 2001. When we published our report, it took 19 years, and it's 27 years for Vancouver. Average rents have also risen sharply.
If young Canadians want a home of their own in Metro Vancouver or the G.T.A., they're going to have to start saving in the womb.
B.C. has traded relatively low levels of public debt for skyrocketing private/family debt.
B.C. is home to the highest rates of early childhood vulnerability in the country. This means a greater portion of our children are at risk to fail, go to jail and wind up sick as adults.
B.C. greenhouse gas emissions are ~10 times higher than what is sustainable for the coming decades.
I’m from Alberta and in the next 6 months the organization I manage will increase from 45 staff to 250 staff and we have concerns about how we will fill entry level positions. Even with a $15 an hour minimum wage (for entry level jobs that require no experience) it seems our local work force won’t bother to take the job - the minimum wage in people’s minds here seems to be $17 or $18. On a lunch stop while travelling in B.C. this last weekend I was intrigued when the server told me that her boyfriend and 4 of his friends were moving to Alberta soon, lured by a $15 minimum wage and more reasonable rents. It made me wonder - will we see an influx of out of province people to Alberta for this reason soon? And how does this fit our recruitment strategy to out of province potential employees?
以下是隔壁亚省的某公司的经理自述的亲身经历:
I’m from Alberta and in the next 6 months the organization I manage will increase from 45 staff to 250 staff and we have concerns about how we will fill entry level positions. Even with a $15 an hour minimum wage (for entry level jobs that require no experience) it seems our local work force won’t bother to take the job - the minimum wage in people’s minds here seems to be $17 or $18. On a lunch stop while travelling in B.C. this last weekend I was intrigued when the server told me that her boyfriend and 4 of his friends were moving to Alberta soon, lured by a $15 minimum wage and more reasonable rents. It made me wonder - will we see an influx of out of province people to Alberta for this reason soon? And how does this fit our recruitment strategy to out of province potential employees?
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