Canada loses 207,100 jobs in April

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Sask gained jobs and lowest unemployment rate at 6.6%.

Saskatchewan gained 58,500 jobs compared to the same period last year. The province was tied for the lowest unemployment rate in the county at 6.6 percent, down from 7.3 percent in March and down from 11.2 percent a year ago. The province's unemployment rate was well below the national average of 8.1 percent.2

Hank Hill runs a tight ship I tell you what.

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Maybe these jobs will help offset Oil worker wages, who knew the Oil patch is in the wave of the future ;)

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You can’t trust the employment/unemployment numbers, how can you be up 200k one month and down 200k the next month??

Stats Can is run by a bunch of Indian immigrants, they haven’t gotten anything correct for a long time.
 
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You can’t trust the employment/unemployment numbers, how can you be up 200k one month and down 200k the next month??

Stats Can is run by a bunch of Indian immigrants, they haven’t gotten anything correct for a long time.
Well to start with when EI runs out you are no longer unemployed, so just by tweaking EI rules a bit can cause significant changes in the numbers.
 
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