Economic analysisCanada’s private sector job growth looks grimCanada needs its private sector to start hiring, and soon. The public sector can’t carry the weight on its own.
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PoliticsThe Conservative framing of Stephen HarperAaron Wherry on a sunny new ad about the Prime Minister
Economic analysisCanadian employment: this is getting uglyWe’ll know soon enough if another mistake has been made, but the new jobs report fits with the slump that’s been underway for months
Economic analysisHow StatsCan lost 42,000 jobs with the stroke of a keyA minor computer update became a national embarrassment
Economic analysisStatistics Canada respondsStatistics Canada is still refusing to discuss exactly what went wrong with its jobs numbers last month, or why nobody noticed it...
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