Job Creation

Create more jobs per capita than anywhere else in Canada.

Since December 2001, British Columbia's economy has added 363,000 jobs; 298,400 of these are full-time positions.
In 2008, employment growth in B.C. of 2.1 per cent was third-highest in Canada – exceeding the national growth rate of 1.5 per cent.
Since 2001, small businesses in British Columbia have created 172,700 net new jobs – 10,800 in 2008 alone.
At *7.8 per cent, British Columbia continues to have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country and has been at or below the national average since 2004.
B.C. has the lowest personal income taxes in Canada at every level for those earning up to $116,000 annually.
Since 2001, the B.C. Government has introduced over 120 tax cuts for British Columbians.
The Province is investing $14 billion in infrastructure projects in every region of British Columbia, generating as many as 88,000 jobs.
In response to global economic challenges, your B.C. Government has lowered the small business tax rate from 4.5 to 2.5 per cent for an estimated total savings of $401 million for small business, a 44 per cent reduction. This is the second lowest rate in Canada.
B.C.'s corporate income tax rate is 11 per cent, the second-lowest tax rate in the country, with further reductions planned to 10 per cent by 2011.
Your B.C. Government's BC Bioenergy Strategy provides $10 million over three years specifically for biodiesel production.
B.C. has set a goal of meeting 50 per cent or more of B.C.'s renewable fuel requirements by 2020 with biofuels produced in B.C.
Your B.C. Government has invested $3.98 billion in transportation infrastructure and paved 25,000 lane kilometres of highway since 2001. That's equal to the distance from Vancouver to Sydney, Australia - and back again.

*Seasonally adjusted

Five Great Goals

Job Creation

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