Top Results For: labour market

Canadian and American markets moved higher on Friday, with the TSX posting a new all-time closing high, even as jobs reports in both countries painted different economic pictures.

Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate hit 6.1 per cent in March amid a loss of 2,200 jobs and a rapidly growing labour pool.

The long-running debate over immigration between Quebec and Ottawa has flared in recent months, but the head of a major employers group says 'in some ways, it's deplorable.'

Strength in energy and base metal stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index on Wednesday, while U.S. stock markets were mixed but held relatively steady.

The program allows the province to nominate skilled workers to settle as permanent residents in Nova Scotia, but officials said a pause was needed because of overwhelming demand.

According to ATB's chief economist, consumers can expect some relief from rising interest rates this summer.

Tuesday's budget aims to build 3.87 million new homes by 2031, backed by $8.5 billion in spending on housing initiatives, but does B.C. have enough construction workers?

Members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union have voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike mandate, in a move the union calls "a resounding wake-up call to government."

Colleges Ontario claimed the recently announced cap amounts to 'a moratorium by stealth' on international students that could damage the province's labour market.

Canada and U.S. markets ended the trading day in the red, reversing course mid-afternoon after spending the majority of the day higher.

In the 2024-25 budget released Wednesday, the province announced a one-time top-up of $12 million in operating funding for those institutions.

The Bank of Canada maintained its key interest rate at five per cent on Wednesday amid recent declines in the annual rate of inflation.

Canada's unemployment rate ticked back up to 5.8 per cent in February as population growth continues to outpace job creation in the country.

A lawyer from Toronto law firm Cavalluzzo LLP is representing thousands in a class action alleging Ontario breached the terms of a contract it entered with participants.

Canada looks set to dodge a recession despite the ongoing downward pressure from higher interest rates, Deloitte Canada said in its economic outlook report. 

Temporary residents make up 6.2 per cent of Canada’s entire population. Over the next three years, the government plans to bring that percentage down to five per cent.

Nine months after reaching 40 million people, Canada cracked a new threshold on Wednesday, the same day Statistics Canada released a report showing the pace of population growth.

Canada's main stock index crept lower on Friday while U.S. markets were also down, led by a 1.2-per cent loss on the Nasdaq after both countries saw fresh jobs data. 

The working hours of male physicians in Canada have sharply declined over the past 30 years, a new study says, amid increased burnout and health-care staffing challenges.

The central bank is widely expected to continue holding its key interest rate at five per cent Wednesday, as many forecasters anticipate the first rate cut to come in around June.