fe | Fewer people working here | than last year, stats show | FEWER PEOPLE are work- ing in. the region than last "year, painting a different picture from” the employ- » ment rate which has hovered at the six per cent level now for months. a : Data gathered by Statis- tics Canada for September indicate 43,400 people were employed, below’ Septem- ~-ber..2005’s total of 49,300_ ‘for the area from the Queen | Charlotte Islands to just west of Vanderhoof. | ' The total workforce, de- fined as people over the age of 15 who are either work- ing or looking for work, was 46,400 this September com- pared to 52,200 last Septem- ber. °° - ',. And while 3,000 people declared themselves as ,un- employed ‘but looking - for work this September, which «matches. last September’ s tally, t the big difference is in the number of, people who _ have: taken themselves out of the labour force. __ “This September that fig- ure was 20,900 compared to - 16,400 in September 2005. ’ All this is in contrast to . the. official. unemployment — rate pegged at 6.5 per cent for September compared to 5.7 per cent last September. » Unemployment rates are calculated from the numbers _ of people who aren’t work- ing but who are looking | for work and those that are working. — ~ It means the number of igation is $13;329. Option to purchase at lease end is $23,017, plus applicable . y be necessary, and applies only to qualified retail customers in BC/Yukon. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer taxes. Other lease options are available. {Freight included. 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Vehicle electrical system needs to be operating for features to function properly. See your dealer NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. gm.ca 1-800-GNM-DRIVE. TM 2005, VANOC. Used under License. All people that have taken them- selves out of the workforce don’t factor into official un- employment rates. There’s also been a drop in population in the region, from‘ 68,600 in. September 2005 to 67,300 now. “People have just gone or aren’t looking. for work for whatever reason,” ‘says: Patrick McIntyre, a Terrace- based federal employment analyst, of the figures. Some of that number may be made up of students who were preparing to go back to, school at the end of August. : -But September figures usually reflect at least some portion of summer-activity — when more people tradition- ally are working. “Usually summer is when you have the lowest. number of people not in the labour force and you don’t expect Seplemoer to be as high as'it .” said McIntyre. ~ He’s looked deeper: into . the figures and calculates’ that 2005 may have been a © period of optimism, which did not sustain itself at that level. -That’s because 2004 ig ures are close to this year’s | in key employment catego- - ries. - July 2004's employed to- ‘tal was 42,200 and in August: — of that year it was 42,600. These are still several thou- sand fewer than. the tallies for this July and August but’ do show an improvement a. 3$ Cn 7 RECOMMENDED , Sivetadads a Coosumer Gade Antomotive’s 2007 Rec amended Buy® HWY: 11.51/100km * 25mpg CITY: 15.4L/100km °18mpg * 285HP 4.8L V8.VORTEC ENGINE * AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH OVERDRIVE. eed “WHEEL DRIVE WITH-ABS BRAKES a Re! COMPARE — trend going into 2005. The number of those not in the labour force for July 2004 was 21,200 and 21,000 in August 2004. just slightly higher than the figures. for this July and August. The population figure for the region in July 2004 was 69,700 and 69,600 in August - 2004, several thousand more than the numbers listed for, this July and August. . ~ “It could be, that 2005 was a blip in this region,” says’ McIntyre of the up-- ward: spike in employment figures. “We've simply lost peo-. 6 ple since then,” he said. - fall turns into winter-but he “hopes there won’t be a c6n- tinued downturn. “We're still doing better, Mclnytre’s a bit: cau-_ tious as to what to expect as’ than we were in September 2004,” says. McIntyre in pointing at the 32,500 peo- ple who had full-time work then. It’s now risen slightly to 34,100 this September. When it comes to the of- ‘ficial. unemployment rate, this region once consistently 2004 rate was 12.3 per. cent, simply because more people were looking ‘for work and were not counting ’them- selves as being out: of the “Jabour force. 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