One in six Alberta jobs tied to natural gas, study finds

The natural gas industry employs almost 600,000 people in Canada, a number that could grow as Canada increases production of the cleaner-burning fuel, a new report said Tuesday. More 16 per cent of Alberta’s employment was attributable to the natural gas industry, with B.C. (4.8 per cent) the second-most dependent on natural gas and Saskatchewan third (4.5 per cent). Alberta has the largest financial stake in the natural gas industry, which supports 27.7 per cent of the province’s total GDP, or $80 billion in total economic impact. According to the study prepared by IHS Global Insight for America’s...

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