Opinion: A reality check on Alberta's job numbers

In the run-up to Alberta’s election on April 16, there has been a renewed interest in openly evaluating the labour-market performance of the current government. Each political party has recently provided a very different assessment. A week ago, the NDP had claimed that it created roughly 80,000 jobs, while the UCP had claimed that the NDP lost roughly 48,000 jobs.
What is meant by jobs being created or lost?
Basically, these numbers reflect changes to the employment level of the province a