Canada’s Job Growth Doubles the Long-term Average in 2007
Abstract:
The Canadian economy has been growing robustly for the past six years. Over that time, there has been an increase in total employment of 2.1 million new jobs. In the latest year (i.e., through November 2007), the jobs increase is approaching 400,000, which is double the long-term annual average. The one problem area has been manufacturing. The number of manufacturing jobs in the country has dropped by 300,000 over the past five years.
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The Canadian economy has been growing robustly for the past six years. Over that time, there has been an increase in total employment of 2.1 million new jobs. In the latest year (i.e., through November 2007), the jobs increase is approaching 400,000, which is double the long-term annual average. The one problem area has been manufacturing. The number of manufacturing jobs in the country has dropped by 300,000 over the past five years.