Accurate trends develop in time
To the Editor,
It should be obvious to practically everyone that, statistically speaking, one month’s job stats taken in isolation do not make for a trend.
In order to spot a trend, one has to look at year-over-year stats.
And when I look at the year-over-year job stats for B.C., I see 36,500 full-time positions gained since September 2011.
These full-time positions replaced 27,800 part-time positions over the same period. That is a meaningful trend.
If one goes back a bit further to February of last year, more than 78,800 full-time positions have been gained in B.C., replacing 32,000 part-time positions. The job trend in this province is therefore obvious: full-time positions are replacing part-time positions in significant numbers.
The trend also shows that Premier Christy Clark’s efforts to create jobs is working and working well indeed for B.C.
Naveed Waraich
Surrey
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