The provincial government has just released another report, this one highlighting their plans to increase the population of the province.
The goal is to increase the provincial population by 100,000 by 2026. The list of recommendations supporting this goal is rather pedestrian, but at least there is a firm target of 6,000 more New Brunswickers by 2009.
Interestingly enough, employment growth in NB is the rosiest it has been in quite some time. This begs the question - will 6,000 new jobs attract 6,000 new citizens, or is it the other way around?
Perhaps another NB report will answer that one.
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Showing posts with label jobs. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Another Number Not Seen In the Times & Transcript
Odd things happen when papers essentially farm out their business section.
Take the Telegraph Journal (please! -ed). In recent months, they have practically phoned in a large part of their business news from their Moncton desk, despite the fact that the provincial paper is based in Saint John.
Because the Moncton Times & Transcript publishes whatever employment-related news release that emerges out of the hub city, you can't expect that paper to focus on good news in Saint John. But since the Telegraph Journal isn't doing it's job, some big stories are being missed.
A prime example is the latest Labour Force Survey. According to the July data, in the last year 4 out of 5 jobs created in NB were located in the Saint John CMA. For whatever reason, this sort of news isn't found in the provincial daily.
Oh well. Maybe Enterprise Saint John should just hire Paul Zed's communications staff. They will send out press releases on everything....
Take the Telegraph Journal (please! -ed). In recent months, they have practically phoned in a large part of their business news from their Moncton desk, despite the fact that the provincial paper is based in Saint John.
Because the Moncton Times & Transcript publishes whatever employment-related news release that emerges out of the hub city, you can't expect that paper to focus on good news in Saint John. But since the Telegraph Journal isn't doing it's job, some big stories are being missed.
A prime example is the latest Labour Force Survey. According to the July data, in the last year 4 out of 5 jobs created in NB were located in the Saint John CMA. For whatever reason, this sort of news isn't found in the provincial daily.
Oh well. Maybe Enterprise Saint John should just hire Paul Zed's communications staff. They will send out press releases on everything....
Monday, May 14, 2007
You won't see this in the Moncton Times & Transcript
uh-oh.
The latest labour force data for New Brunswick has been released, and behind the rosy announcements there is a very troubling figure.
It appears that Metro Moncton, the dominant engine of employment growth for much of the last decade, has stalled a bit, or to be somewhat blunt, apparently fallen off a cliff.
According to the Labour Market Bulletin, Metro Moncton now has 6,000 fewer in its labour force than last year. It's participation rate dropped a whopping 6.4%.
Yikes. How can any NB urban area lose 6,000 from its labour force, and everybody miss it?
Did Bernard Lord suddenly take half of his old constituents with him when he started communiting to Montreal?
The latest labour force data for New Brunswick has been released, and behind the rosy announcements there is a very troubling figure.
It appears that Metro Moncton, the dominant engine of employment growth for much of the last decade, has stalled a bit, or to be somewhat blunt, apparently fallen off a cliff.
According to the Labour Market Bulletin, Metro Moncton now has 6,000 fewer in its labour force than last year. It's participation rate dropped a whopping 6.4%.
Yikes. How can any NB urban area lose 6,000 from its labour force, and everybody miss it?
Did Bernard Lord suddenly take half of his old constituents with him when he started communiting to Montreal?
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