By Tracy Johnson, CBC News, July 6, 2016
Estimates of job losses vary widely. Here’s a look at the numbers
The pain of the oil price crash in Alberta has mostly been expressed through job losses, with the idea being that if we can put a number on it, we can get a sense of just how bad the downturn has been.
“We want to know about the drop in employment, because it tells us how many people are going through a particularly tough time in their life,” said Trevor Tombe, an economist with the University of Calgary.
