Alberta's premier has a message for Texas firms looking to lure Canadian businesses to the Lone Star State -- "it's on."

The latest ManpowerGroup employment outlook survey shows Hamilton area employers are expecting a modest hiring climate for the fourth quarter of this year.

Statistics Canada's latest labour force survey found that job creation was nearly flat between May and July, a period that saw Canada add an average of 400 jobs per month.

The memo says the employment rate for immigrants aged 25 to 54 who landed less than five years ago, was 71 per cent last year. It was the indicator's highest level since 2006 -- which is as far back as the data goes.

Justin Trudeau has claimed that the Liberals have created 60 per cent more jobs than the Conservatives did over the same time period.

To take advantage of these features, users will need to go no further than Google Search. The new services will allow job seekers to browse postings that can be filtered by commute distance, job title and time commitment within the world's most widely-used search engine.

Critical thinking, coordination, social perceptiveness, active listening and complex problem solving are key to being employed in the age of automation.

Statistics Canada's latest labour force survey also says the job gains in February were driven by an increase of 50,300 in public-sector jobs.

The Calgary-based company has sent notices to the targeted staff and expects about 10 per cent to take the offer.

Canadians should be prepared for some interest-rate policy to come from the Bank of Canada soon in response to these latest statistics, say experts.