Latest job numbers: BC is number one — in job losses
“I’m going to run on (being) number one in job creation,” BC Premier Christy Clark told the Liberal Party of BC convention last Saturday, boasting at one point that BC had created 57,000 jobs and that...
View ArticleNo other way to say it: The BC Government is fudging its job creation record
While Clark campaigns to be number one on job creation, BC is actually the worst in the West and 4th worst in Canada BC government is making false claims about the performance of the BC Jobs Plan The...
View ArticleJobs and politics: Devastating data for the incumbent in Quebec
Selon les nouvelles données de Statistique Canada, le Québec a perdu 49800 emplois à temps plein depuis 1 an. — François Legault (@francoislegault) March 7, 2014 For this tweet, CAQ Leader François...
View ArticleThe wonky math in Tim Hudak’s new “I Want To Work” ad
This is the latest ad from the Ontario PC Party, which has built its campaign around what it calls its “Million Jobs Plan”. In short, Hudak believes that if Ontarians can leave the PCs in charge in...
View ArticleAhead of Ontario election, The final tale of the tape on job numbers
Statistics Canada was out this morning with the final jobs report before Ontarians head to the polls next Thursday. Here, then, are some aggregate numbers on the Liberal record in office so far as jobs...
View ArticleThe Harper jobs record? Depends on how you slice it …
In our newspapers Monday, I write about Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s visits beginning Monday through southwestern Ontario, an area of the country that’s been particularly hard hit by job losses,...
View ArticleThe Alward jobs record: Not good
Campaigning with Justin Trudeau on the weekend, New Brunswick Liberal Leader Brian Gallant told reporters, “The plan of David Alward and the Conservatives is not at all concrete. When you look at their...
View ArticleHow do we measure a politician’s job record?
Today on the campaign trail, New Brunswick Liberal Leader Brian Gallant was talking about his job creation plan and hammering the government of incumbent Progressive Conservative Premier David Alward...
View ArticleTale of the tape: Stephen Harper and job creation: Part II
Ahead of the Thursday night debate on the economy, we’re taking a look at the numbers on Stephen Harper and the labour force. But let’s not look at it the way economists do. Economists tend to slice...
View ArticleNeed a job? Trudeau’s Liberal Party is hiring
The Liberal Party of Canada is hiring. And click above to watch the recruitment video. This is a first for me. I’ve never seen anything like this from any other federal political party. Reaction? I...
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