Trudeau’s ‘Just Transition’ to ‘disrupt’ over 2.7 million jobs
The building trades, transportation, agriculture, energy, and manufacturing will all be affected
The building trades, transportation, agriculture, energy, and manufacturing will all be affected
Sales declined for the fourth consecutive month in the petroleum and coal product industry, falling by a record 46.4 per cent to $2.0 billion in April
The capacity utilization rate in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector was unchanged at 77.8 per cent in the first quarter
Sales declined for the third consecutive month in the petroleum and coal product industry, down by one-third (-32.2 per cent) to $3.9 billion in March
Alberta manufacturing sales of $6.3 billion grew by 5.2 per cent in January, according to new data released Tuesday by Statistics Canada.
Canadian manufacturing sales increased 0.5 per cent to $688.5 billion in 2019, marking the fourth consecutive year of growth
Sales in the industry of $6.1 billion in Alberta fell by 2.6 per cent in November from the previous month and by 4.7 per cent year-over-year
Alberta’s manufacturing sector shed 6,599 jobs for a 5.1 per cent decline between 2001 and 2018 compared to a more than 20 per cent drop nationally
Total annual revenue was up 7.1 per cent in 2018 compared to 2017, reaching $80.4 billion, but still four per cent below peak set in 2014
Sales were down in 14 of 21 industries, led by petroleum and coal products
While robots replace human workers on the factory floor, better-paid jobs are created to design, build and maintain the robots
In July, 15 of 21 manufacturing industries reported lower sales in Alberta, led by the petroleum and coal product industry: StatsCan
Nationally, wholesale sales rose 0.6% to $64.1 billion, partly offsetting the 1.9% decline in May