The Vice President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Manuel Domínguez, has described the latest employment balance recorded in the Active Population Survey (EPA) as "very encouraging." The figures show that unemployment in the archipelago has decreased by 4,300 people during the third quarter, bringing the total to 131,600 unemployed, which represents a decrease of 3.2% compared to the previous quarter, while 38,100 new jobs have been created.
Domínguez emphasized that "we must celebrate" that the Canary Islands are among the autonomous communities where unemployment has increased the least and highlighted that "reaching around 10% for the first time" in the islands "is a very significant figure, it is a very encouraging figure and it is a figure to consider." In statements to the media before speaking at the Europa Press Forum "Canary Islands towards the future," he reiterated that the "best social policy" is through job creation.
In this regard, he pointed out that the EPA statistics "lead to having more than a million people employed," although he clarified that the challenge now is "to ensure that this employment is quality employment, to ensure that this employment allows Canary families to have fewer difficulties making ends meet."
To advance towards that goal, he specified that they are "working intensively" on economic diversification, an aspect he considered "fundamental" to consolidate "high added value" sectors and allow Canarians to "have greater profitability" in their jobs, which "translates into better salaries."
In this context, he also noted that the regional government is promoting measures so that the private sector and the business fabric can "increase that salary" and that such an increase "is not consumed by inflation."