"Ontario's economic development minister says "overall trends" in the province are strong despite a Statistics Canada report on Friday that said Ontario lost 36,000 jobs in July. [WOO HOOO
ONTARIO ROCKS]"Obviously, we would have rather seen an increase in jobs in July, but the overall trends in Ontario continue to remain very, very positive," Brad Duguid said Friday.
"July was the 15th month in a row that we've seen Ontario's unemployment lower than the national average." Duguid acknowledged to reporters that the employment news for the province could have been brighter. "Unfortunately, July's numbers also represented a downward fluctuation this time."
Canada sheds 31,200 jobs in July, unemployment rate rises to 6.9%
I had to read the the above paragraph twice.........
and then :sad: :sad: :sad: Statistics Canada said Ontario suffered the biggest job losses of all provinces in July, with its labour market decreasing by 36,000 positions. Statistics Canada said 18,900 of those jobs were full time. Canada, as a whole, lost more than 31,000 jobs last month.
I think I'm going to be sick.
Or maybe I should have what some of these politicians and CBC reporters are having
I'm no genius in math but I think 36,000 jobs is a wee bit more than 31,200 and how can you have 36,000 lost jobs in Ontario alone, but 31,200 in all of Canada? Did I miss something?
Oh wait, here's some more genius from the same article:
Matthew Stewart, associate director of economic analysis for the Conference Board of Canada in Ottawa, said the board still expects Ontario to be the "growth leader" among the provinces but it is suffering from weak employment, weak business investment and a lack of growth in exports.
This will be a miracle or if Ontario is really going to be the growth leader what's that say about the other provinces/territories????????
