Job market outperforms country
The Saskatchewan labour market continues to perform, hitting record levels for the month of February. There were 551,600 people employed in the province in February, up 5,400 from last year (1.0 per cent) the second highest growth rate in the country. Full time employment was up 8,100 from last year.
`In spite of some very nasty weather in February, Saskatchewan`s job market continues to out-perform most other Canadian jurisdictions,` Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. `Most of the other provinces have been struggling with volatile labour markets over the last several months due to a variety of circumstances, yet we have been able to make some steady gains, particularly in full time jobs.`
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