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Ontario faces relatively low private-sector employment rate, relatively high unemployment rate
Appeared in the National Newswatch, September 6, 2018 When you compare Ontario’s labour market to other North American jurisdictions over the past three years, it’s not a pretty picture. Premier Doug Ford’s government has an opportunity to help turn ...
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Canada's labour markets not as strong as federal government suggests
Appeared in the National Post, August 30, 2018 Touting Canada’s relatively low unemployment rate is a common refrain from the Trudeau government. For instance, Finance Minister Bill Morneau repeatedly states that “Canada’s unemployment rate is now the ...
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The Illusion of Alberta’s Jobs Recovery: Government vs. Private Sector Employment
With a drop in commodity prices in 2014 and the ensuing economic downturn, Alberta’s weakened labour market has attracted considerable attention. Nonetheless, Premier Rachel Notley’s government has touted recent employment figures as a sign that ...
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Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States: 2018 Edition
Labour markets are critical components of an economy. They are the mechanism through which we allocate one of our most valuable and productive resources: human work, effort, creativity, and ingenuity. Labour markets match human skills, supplied by ...
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Ottawa’s going to fight poverty—good! (though they could fight better)
In what amounts to a new federal white paper on poverty, Opportunity for All, the federal government has announced it will try to cut Canada’s poverty rate in half by 2030. We in the column-writing business spend so much of our time ...
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Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in British Columbia, 2018
Main Conclusions Using data on individual workers from January to December 2017, this report estimates the wage dif-ferential between the government and private sectors in British Columbia. It also evaluates four non-wage benefits for which data are ...
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Why the Unemployment Rate is No Longer a Reliable Gauge of Labour Market Performance
The unemployment rate has long been the single measure most used by the media, policymakers, and politicians to gauge overall labour market performance. However, the unemployment rate can decrease for two reasons that imply very different ...
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Canadian workers have little to celebrate this Labour Day
Appeared in the Globe and Mail, September 1, 2017 This weekend, both Canadians and Americans will enjoy traditional Labour Day fare—picnics, parades and winding down summer vacation. Canadian workers, however, have less to celebrate than their American ...
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Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States: 2017 Edition
Labour markets are one of the most important components of an economy. They are the mechanism through which we allocate one of our most valuable and productive resources: human work, effort, creativity, and ingenuity. Labour markets match human skills, ...
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Wynne government gives public employees a raise despite deep red ink
Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, June 14, 2017 Earlier this week, Premier Wynne’s government offered a four-year contract extension to Ontario government workers with 7.5 per cent pay raises over the life of the deal. This follows a two-year extension recently ...