These trend lines show Canada’s job market moving in the wrong direction

Since monthly job numbers can be “volatile,” Finance Minister Joe Oliver likes to say that, “what’s more important is the long-term trend of job growth in Canada.” Well, University of Ottawa economics professor and Broadbent Institute policy fellow Miles Corak has crunched the numbers since 2005, and the trend lines aren’t pretty. Here’s a snapshot of what Corak found: […]