B.C.’s public sector growing at unsustainable rate, business group warns

B.C.’s public sector growing at unsustainable rate, business group warns

The bulk of the growth came in health, community social services and public education, but the CFIB says much of it is not on the front lines.

EDITORIAL: WHERE B.C. EMPLOYMENT HAS (AND HASN’T) GROWN SINCE 2019

JAIRO YUNI BRITISH COLUMBIA – British Columbia’s job market has changed notably since 2019. Most of the province’s net new jobs since January 2019 have been concentrated in services-producing sectors, with a disproportionate share of that growth occurring in the public sector. At the same time, many of B.C.’s high-productivity, export-generating industries have seen little or no job growth. Goods-producing sectors have been left behind  Since Ja…

'Hard to sustain': B.C. public jobs far outpace private growth

B.C.’s public sector employment has surged since the pandemic, while private sector growth remains sluggish, raising questions about the province’s long-term economic sustainability.