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Originally Posted by isaidso
Southern Ontario, by contrast, is the economic engine of the country.
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That claim may have been true 30 years ago, but recently it certainly hasn't been true.... For example, circa 2013 Alberta was responsible for 100% of all the net job creation in Canada.
"The oil- and gas-rich western province of Alberta was responsible for all of Canada’s net employment growth over the past 12 months, adding 81,800 jobs while the rest of Canada lost 9,500. Alberta’s trade surplus, $7.4 billion in May, almost matched the deficit rung up everywhere else.
If growth trends over the past decade continue, Alberta would pass Quebec to become the country’s second-largest provincial economy in three years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg."
http://business.financialpost.com/20..._lsa=5fdc-8038