The latest figures from Statistics Canada show B.C. ended the year with fewer people and fewer jobs. There were 3,300 job losses in B.C. in December compared to the previous month. Because the population is also in decline, the province’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.4 per cent. The federal unemployment rate rose 0.3 percentage points to 6.8 per cent over the same period. …Forests Minister Ravi Parmar, speaking for Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon, who is away on a trip to India, released a statement on Friday blaming U.S. President Trump’s trade threats, while picking out what positive figures he could from the latest numbers. …The goal of the India trip is to boost the B.C. economy by forging ties in sectors such as energy, forestry, mining, tech and life sciences.