B.C.'s job market is still growing — albeit slowly — in the face of tariffs, while federal job numbers stagnate.

"It's a really good news story for us relative to what they're seeing across Canada," Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Minister Diana Gibson told Black Press Media. "But that doesn't mean we're complacent."

B.C. added 13,000 jobs in May, but several other provinces shed jobs, according to the latest Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey released on Friday, June 6. Canada added 8,800 jobs nationally in May. Quebec lost 17,000 jobs, which helped drag down the federal number.

Gibson said this does not mean tariffs are not having an impact on B.C., and she is communicating with businesses that say they are scaling back on future investment because of lowered growth pr

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