42,000 new jobs created in Canada, corrected StatsCan report says

[Locutus]

Statistics Canada's updated jobs report shows 42,000 new positions were created in July — a far cry from the 200 that were originally reported.

The federal agency released its initial jobs report last Friday before warning Canadians on Tuesday that it had made a mistake.

The updated figures show a large, 60,000-worker spike in the number of part-time jobs.

The job gains were enough to push the jobless rate down 0.1 percentage points, to seven per cent.


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42,000 new jobs created in Canada, corrected StatsCan report says - Business - CBC News

 

[Walter]

Obviously Harper got to somebody because everyone knows Canada is worse off since he became PM.

 

[captain morgan]

I wonder if Flossy will correct the 'facts' in the many threads he's started on how poor the job stats are.

... I shall wait with baited breath

 

[petros]

The first set were from the Swedes.

 

[Zipperfish]

I wonder if Flossy will correct the 'facts' in the many threads he's started on how poor the job stats are.

... I shall wait with baited breath

bated breath. Unless you've been eating worms. :lol:

These elementary errors to be expected when you lay off all your scientists.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

bated breath. Unless you've been eating worms. :lol:

These elementary errors to be expected when you lay off all your scientists.

I always thought the expression was the same. You sent your breath up as bait. Never gave it a second thought. Should have known that being english there would be 2 words spelled differently which sound exactly the same and mean 2 different things.

 

[Zipperfish]

I always thought the expression was the same. You sent your breath up as bait. Never gave it a second thought. Should have known that being english there would be 2 words spelled differently which sound exactly the same and mean 2 different things.

bated means "in great suspense, waiting." Not usually a Grammar Bammer, but can't help myself with that one.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

bated means "in great suspense, waiting." Not usually a Grammar Bammer, but can't help myself with that one.

I know now. There is a great site called google which is a great teacher of these things.

 

[captain morgan]

bated breath. Unless you've been eating worms. :lol:

These elementary errors to be expected when you lay off all your scientists.

Incorrect.

It's a proven, scientific fact (97% consensus) that the most effective 'bait' for Capt Morgan is rye whiskey.

True story

 

[taxslave]

bated breath. Unless you've been eating worms. :lol:

These elementary errors to be expected when you lay off all your scientists.

WHy should the government employ scientists? That is properly the area of private enterprise.

 

[petros]

WHy should the government employ scientists? That is properly the area of private enterprise.

2X-10X more money in commercial than the Feds pay.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

WHy should the government employ scientists? That is properly the area of private enterprise.

And since when would a scientist even stoop to doing menial tasks better served by a lowly mathematitian?

2X-10X more money in commercial than the Feds pay.

Which begs the question about how good the ones employed by the fed actually are/were?

 

[taxslave]

And since when would a scientist even stoop to doing menial tasks better served by a lowly mathematitian?



Which begs the question about how good the ones employed by the fed actually are/were?

Good enough to destroy fisheries on both coasts.

 

[petros]

Which begs the question about how good the ones employed by the fed actually are/were?

Good not stellar but only as good as the underfunded work environment permitted.

 

[mentalfloss]

For the record I actually didn't post a thread on the July numbers.

Not that this is indicative of a healthy economy or anything.

 

[taxslave]

With such low numbers you would think there would be less opposition to the many mine and pipeline projects slowly winding their way through the approval process.
Must be a lot of people in this country that don't want to work and don't want anyone else to either.

 

[gore0bsessed]

42,000 useless minimum wage jobs that'll shorty be taken over by automation, as most jobs will eventually.

 

[captain morgan]

42,000 useless minimum wage jobs that'll shorty be taken over by automation, as most jobs will eventually.

Jobs in the patch start at $80k.

 

[Zipperfish]

WHy should the government employ scientists? That is properly the area of private enterprise.

So--get rid of Stats Can then?

 

[Walter]

So--get rid of Stats Can then?

Less gubmint the better.