Jobs & Economy
  • Launched the Job Creation Tax Cut reducing Alberta’s corporate tax rate from 12% to 8%, and slashed red tape by 33%.
  • Introduced the new Film and Television Tax Credit program making Alberta now one of North America’s top destinations for film and television productions, with 129 projects approved and over 9000 jobs created.
  • Created the Alberta Investment Growth Fund to attract high-value private-sector investments to Alberta to create jobs and grow and diversify our economy. It’s expected to result in over 700 permanent full-time and 2,000 part-time and temporary jobs, and over $1 billion in capital spending in Alberta.
  • Relentlessly pursued investment attraction meaning that job creators, entrepreneurs and skilled workers have a home here and can succeed.
  • Launched the Alberta is Calling campaign to attract skilled workers from across the country in key and emerging sectors.
  • Alberta attracted 45,526 net new residents from other provinces in 2022, leading Canada in third and fourth-quarter growth.
  • More Albertans are working than ever before – two million Albertans have full-time jobs, more than ever before.
  • The UCP created over 42 times more net new private-sector jobs than the previous government did in their four years.
  • Thanks to our Strong economic policies attracting more businesses and investment to Alberta, nearly 130,000 more Albertans are employed today than when we took office in 2019.
  • While we represent just 11.7% of Canada’s population, we’re responsible for nearly a quarter of all jobs created in Canada between March 2022 and March 2023.
  • Alberta continues to have the highest labour force participation rate in Canada at 70%.
  • On Average, Alberta workers make more per week than in any other province, and we expect average weekly earnings to keep growing. 
  • Since May 2019, average weekly earnings have gone up by 14.8%. Under the Notley NDP, the average take-home pay dropped, Albertans can’t afford to go back.
  • The UCP’s lower taxes and pro-growth polies led to billions of dollar of investments in diversified industries and welcomed many new companies to Alberta including:
    • Infosys
    • Mphasis
    • Applexus Technologies
    • Air Products
    • Dow Chemicals
    • McCains
    • Imperial
    • De Havilland
    • WestJet
  • Implemented presumptive WCB coverage for cancers for Fort McMurray wildfire firefighters.
  • Fought the Liberal-NDP coalition’s “Just Transition” plan to protect Alberta jobs.

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