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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Calgary 2016 net migration forecast is 16,000, which is a huge decrease. Almost same number for Edmonton. What's worse, these two numbers are projected to last for the next three years. The reported moderate job growth in 2015 was due to gains in educational and social services sectors that helped offset huge job losses in the energy and mining sectors. What has not been reported that the gross income gains in new educational and social services sector jobs are not even close to being offset by the income losses in the energy and mining sector jobs.
Yes, people are still coming to Alberta, because of some work being available due to government's increased levels of spending, which is better than in many other parts of Canada. However; this is true spending - it's all infrastructure and social investment. It's great as a temporary relief of economic pressure and I am happy they are doing that. But there is no credible GDP generation plan that is based on value creation at this point. Without solid GDP creation, there will be less and less tax dollars to spend. The massive attack on oil sands is only exacerbating our problems. David Suzuki is a twat.
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Thank you - that is interesting. I would have guessed a smaller net migration than that for 2016. Three years of that is 48,000 people.
I would like to see a survey of what jobs people are coming here for.
A new friend from Manchester, came here from BC to practice acupuncture.
My neighbor went to Queens and came here from Ontario to build open source products. His wife also went to Queens and came here to manage projects for international airlines. Now she does pipeline projects.