Final report - Integrated Land Management Bureau

that are not individually assessed (Indian Reserves). The same holds true for most
communities in the North Coast excluding Prince Rupert.
Class of objective: Employment (listed as Section 3.5 in Schedule C and G):
Recommended indicators for employment
Objective: Improve prospects for employment
Indicator Rationale Unit/description/scale Data
source/frequency
D7 Number of
businesses and
employment per
employer in each
of the key basic
and non-basic
sectors
D17 Number of
jobs in forestry and
wood processing
per cubic meter
harvested in land
use area
Employment
survey will
show
employment
levels by
sector
Increase in
jobs per
cubic meter
indicates
greater
economic
utility of the
resource
(value added)
Number of employees,
number of businesses,
and numbers per sector
by plan area
Number of jobs and
volume harvested by
plan area
Employment
survey- annually
MOFR and
Statistics Canada-
annually
Desired
direction
Indicator not recommended:
1. Number of individuals on EI and BC benefits
Rationale: Recent policy changes for EI and BC Benefits (now called
Employment and Income Assistance) eligibility have made both of these
categories poor measures of anything except those who match the very narrow
criteria.
Increased
number of
businesses and
employment per
employer, in each
of the key basic
and non-basic
sectors
Increased
number of jobs in
forestry and
wood processing
per cubic meter
harvested in land
use area
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