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Why the Unemployment Rate is No Longer a Reliable Gauge of Labour Market Performance

— Jan 16, 2018

Why the Unemployment Rate is No Longer a Reliable Gauge of Labour Market Performance

Why the Unemployment Rate is No Longer a Reliable Gauge of Labour Market Performance finds that, as Canada’s population ages and more and more Canadians retire and exit the workforce, the employment rate is more reflective of Canada’s labour market. Despite a drop in the unemployment rate from 2008 to 2017, due in part to the shifting demographics, the employment rate also fell from during the same time from 63.4 per cent to 61.6 per cent, indicating declining employment levels.

If Premier Wynne wants to boost low-wage worker pay, she should cut Ontario’s corporate tax rate

— Jan 12, 2018

The Wynne government increased Ontario’s minimum wage sharply by 21 per cent.

The natural rate of unemployment—are we there yet?

— Dec 12, 2017

Only surprises have real effects, Friedman argued, but their effects last only until people realize what’s going on.

Job growth in Toronto and Ottawa masks job weakness in most of Ontario

— Nov 28, 2017

Other regions created new jobs on net, but those were almost entirely offset by other regions shedding jobs.

Nearly half of Ontario urban areas had fewer jobs last year than in 2008

— Nov 23, 2017

Job-creation in London, Greater Sudbury and Thunder Bay was negative.

Quebec unemployment rate now lower than Ontario’s

— Sep 11, 2017

Ontario’s net debt will rise to a projected $336 billion.