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Originally Posted by TheKurgan
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Nice cherrypicking - you use an article using data from the middle of the recession, for which the article directly mentions the downturn as the reason for this skew?
Here's the excerpt from the beginning:
But Calgary still compares favourably to most other cities worldwide, and is likely to rise on the affordability index if the current economic downturn persists.
The study, conducted by accounting firm KPMG, ranked Calgary 17th among 17 Canadian cities for business competitiveness. Calgary’s salary and wage costs — the highest in the country — and the cost of industrial land were driving factors.
However, Rick Whitley, a KPMG partner based in Calgary, said the longer the economic downturn lasts, the more likely it is that labour costs in Alberta will come down.
And that article, despite being a year old, says this right in the title:
Calgary ranks last for business competitiveness in Canada, but still among tops in world
I'm not sure this article helps your argument.