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Edition: April 1-5, 2019
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Major partnership with the Netherlands signed to better support B.C. food security
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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of April 1-5
Labour Force Statistics- The unemployment rate in British Columbia was 4.7% in March, up 0.2 percentage points from February and down 0.1 percentage points from 12 months ago. Both the labour force (+12,300) and the number of jobs (+7,900) increased from February.
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Science and Technology - Federal government spending on science and technology (S&T) is expected to total $11.7 billion (current dollars) in the 2019/2020 fiscal year. Intended S&T expenditure is lower (-2.6%) than in 2018/2019, when spending was at $12.0 billion, and marks the second consecutive annual decline in federal spending on S&T.
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Energy-Saving Lights - Almost 9 out of 10 (86%) British Columbian households reported using at least one type of energy-saving light in 2017. This rate has remained relatively unchanged over the last decade (87% in 2007) and was two percentage points below the proportion for the nation as a whole (88%).
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Drinking Water - British Columbians are increasingly turning to tap water as primary drinking source. Just one in eight (12%) B.C. households primarily drank bottled water rather than tap water in 2017.
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- BC Student Outcomes Survey of Diploma, Associate Degree and Certificate Students
- CABRO Diversity
- Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
- FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
- Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities Outcomes Survey
- Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
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Did You Know
Most Canadian households (87%) had a park or greenspace within a 10-minute journey of their home in 2017, with households in B.C. being the most likely (90%), and households in New Brunswick the least likely (71%).
Source: Statistics Canada
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Headlines
- B.C.'s unemployment rate in March rose slightly from the month before.
- Federal science and technology spending for 2019-2020 is expected to be lower than in 2018-2019.
- More households in B.C. are drinking tap water over bottled water.

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