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Canada's labour market lost 84,000 jobs in February with 20,000 of those in B.C.. We speak to Bryan Yu, Chief Economist at Central 1 Credit Union, about the latest jobs report and what it could mean for the next Bank of Canada interest rate announcement.

While Canada's inflation rate dropped to 1.8 per cent in February 2026 compared to a year earlier, there's a catch. As Jillian Piper explains, Statistics Canada's data was gathered before the start of the war in Iran, setting the stage for more economic uncertainty.