Canadian unemployment rate rises to 7% in May

[Tonington]

Makes you think that an annual or a semi annual statistic would offer a better model for what actual job numbers are rather than hair splitting, even with deductions of seasonal work it is sort of skewed when you break it down month to month. Would you agree not an exact science.

Even the raw data isn't exact or actual, it's based on surveys with some amount of error, not a true census. But yes, the moving average is not an exact science. No statistical model is, and all of the analysis we see that's reported goes through some sort of statistical model. Some are better than others, depends what you're interested in seeing. Personally, I prefer to see gains in employment that are due to business cycles and other economic indicators, rather than, it's spring, or fall, or Christmas shopping season.

 

[taxslave]

You didn't really read this bullshyte "report", did you. There are NO subsidies listed. Not a single one.

The lion's share of the $34 billion are uncollected taxes on the externalized costs of burning transportation fuels like gasoline and diesel -- about $19.4 billion in 2011


You do know what that means in plain language, right?

I rather doubt it. Perhaps someone should explain itto him in really simple terms.

 

[mentalfloss]

You didn't really read this bullshyte "report", did you. There are NO subsidies listed. Not a single one.

The lion's share of the $34 billion are uncollected taxes on the externalized costs of burning transportation fuels like gasoline and diesel -- about $19.4 billion in 2011


You do know what that means in plain language, right?

The International Monetary Fund estimates that energy subsidies in Canada top an incredible $34 billion each year in direct support to producers and uncollected tax on externalized costs.

It means direct support for the fossil fuel industry just like the article states it is.


Downbeat Canada jobs, productivity data show economy struggling - BNN News

 

[gerryh]

It means direct support for the fossil fuel industry just like the article states it is.


Downbeat Canada jobs, productivity data show economy struggling - BNN News

They are talking about fuel purchased by companies that then write that fuel off. They are calling THAT a subsidy to the oil industry. Really? That's what you call grasping at straws.

 

[taxslave]

They are talking about fuel purchased by companies that then write that fuel off. They are calling THAT a subsidy to the oil industry. Really? That's what you call grasping at straws.

I guess that is a subsidy to all businesses that burn fuel then .By that rational writing off payroll expenses must also be a subsidy to business. As is the cost of products bought for resale. Hey I used to be a corporate welfare bum. So how come I aint rich?

 

[gopher]

Slave,


I used to be a corporate welfare bum. So how come I aint rich?

Well, you gotta follow Harry S Truman's advice:


if you want to live like a Republican, vote Democrat

 

[mentalfloss]

U.S. jobs picture better than Canada's for past 12 months

Clean-tech emerging as Canada’s fastest-growing industry, outlier in economy | hilltimes.com

Finance Minister Joe Oliver says new energy markets crucial for Canada’s economy | Financial Post

 

[Blackleaf]

Meanwhile, Britain's unemployment rate has just fallen again. It's now 6.6%.