Report examines the 96,200 jobs supported by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

Port Operations / Container Shipping

  

Recently, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority released a study of the economic impact of the Port of Vancouver on local communities, the provinces and the country overall. At the same time, the port authority released its annual sustainability report, which describes how economic, environmental and social sustainability are being addressed and measured.
 
According to the economic impact report, the Port of Vancouver is an important facilitator of economic development in Canada. Compared with the last report in 2012, the economic output from activities of the Port of Vancouver in 2016 increased by $4.2 billion to $24.2 billion with a 17 per cent increase in jobs across Canada from 98,800 to 115,300 jobs.
 
"This data demonstrates the significant role of Canada's largest port in the economic prosperity of our country," said Robin Silvester, president and chief executive officer of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. "The report shows the meaningful impact of the port to employment and our collective prosperity locally, provincially and nationwide."
 
The activities of Port of Vancouver terminals and tenants annually generate:

• $24.2 billion in economic output
• $11.9 billion in GDP
• $7 billion in wages
• 115,300 jobs in Canada
• 96,200 jobs in B.C.
• $67,900 average wage for direct job versus $44,000 average wage in Canada
• $1.4 billion per year in tax revenues: federal: $860 million; provincial: $441 million; municipal: $129 million

The port authority's 2016 sustainability report covers the most significant economic, environmental and community impacts and opportunities for the port across 10 areas of focus, such as strategic investment and asset management, healthy ecosystems and Aboriginal relationships. The port authority has been reporting on its sustainability work since 2011 and last year announced its new vision to be the world's most sustainable port.

Click to download the 2016 Sustainability Report

Click to download the Port of Vancouver Economic 2016 Impact Study

Johnny Rockets launches starting wage of $15 per hour in Victoria

Hospitality / Wage Regulations

  

JR Canada Restaurant Group Ltd. has opened its first two Johnny Rockets of Canada locations in Victoria, British Columbia within just 12 days of each other. The Bay Centre Mall, downtown, opened on May 31st and Hillside Centre Mall opened on June 12th.
 
The openings signal the beginning of a much bigger national plan. With its head office in Victoria, JR Canada Restaurant Group Ltd. purchased The Johnny Rockets Master Development Rights for Canada in October 2015 with plans to open and operate its locations across Canada in high traffic sites including food courts, street fronts, airports and retail malls in all provinces.
 
As well, Johnny Rockets is already making a name for itself in the BC market, offering a minimum starting wage of $15 per hour for all team members. As well, subsidized health care insurance is being provided to those who opt-in.
 
The next two Johnny Rockets locations are well under construction in Vancouver, opening downtown in August at 755 Nelson Street followed by West Broadway and Oak Street by the Vancouver General Hospital later this Fall. 

Parq Vancouver to fill over 1,000 positions for fall 2017 opening

Hospitality / Recruitment

  

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Ontario has become the second province in Canada after Alberta to announce it would hike the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Alberta's minimum wage rose by $1 to $12.20 per hour on Oct. 1, 2016, the first of three staged increases to reach a $15 minimum wage by 2018. The Ontario government introduced legislation on June 1 to raise its minimum wage from $11.40 an hour to $14 next year and then to $15 on Jan. 1, 2019.

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