Ten out of our 11 major industries showed 12-month job gains. Overall, the health of Arizona's economy last year continued to push forward into post-holiday January.

Overall, January 2006 was a good month in Arizona's economy. We didn't see greater than (expected) seasonal losses.

If you have the knowledge and the skills, this is a great time to be looking for a job.

The key is you can't have this kind of growth unless you have young people coming into the state.

What we're seeing even further, not just job growth, but recent data shows broad-based growth of wages as well.

We're the only province with an economy that consistently grows below the national average, we are dead last in health-care, according to the Conference Board of Canada, and we have crumbling highways.