Harper's Action Plan is a Failure

[pierrelebel]

Release today by Stats Canada:

Employment was little changed in June and the unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage points to 7.1% as more people were searching for work.

Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased by 72,000 or 0.4%. This was the lowest year-over-year growth rate since February 2010, when year-over-year employment growth resumed following the 2008-2009 labour market downturn.

The number of hours worked was little changed in the 12 months to June.

.....

In the 12 months to June, the unemployment rate in Canada was little changed while the rate in the US fell 1.4 percentage points.

Unemployment rate in Canada in June:

2011 =  7.4%

2012 = 7.2%

2013 = 7.1%

2014 = 7.1%

[davca.8je2v]

Ontario was particularly soft, shedding 34,000 jobs, mostly among youth, with the jobless rate rising two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.5 per cent, Statistics Canada said.

Economists had expected Ontario would benefit from activity related to the election. Instead, June reinforced the regional divide in employment, with resource-rich Alberta continuing to show strong job growth.

The report comes just days before Ontario’s re-elected Liberal government under Premier Kathleen Wynne has promised to re-introduce its May budget, including major investments in transit and other public infrastructure, which are seen as job creators

As well, average hourly wages were up by 1.9 per cent over a year ago, compared to just 1.4 per cent in May, the federal agency noted

Statistics Canada said if the two countries’ jobless rate were calculated in the same way, they would have identical rates of 6.1 per cent.

One bright spot in Statistics Canada’s data was most new hiring in June occurred in the more desirable full-time category, partially offsetting the decline in part-time work.

[valve37]

"Economists had expected Ontario would benefit from activity related to the election"

Thanks to Wynne Ontario for dragging the stats down. Only going to get worse and likely a disaster in 4 years with the Wynne budget.

[pierrelebel]

"Ontario for dragging the stats down."

When comparing year over year, an election in any one province does not make a difference on a national basis. 

Employment is stagnant across the country except for oil-rich Alberta.

[valve37]

However Pierre in the case of Ontario ten years of Liberal governmant is making a big difference.

[pierrelebel]

Are you serious?

Employment is not growing in Canada.  You will put the blame on the Ontario government?

What about Newfoundland?

What about Quebec?

What about Manitoba?

Will you blame their increase in unemployment to the government of Ontario?

Why is it so difficult for conservative supporters to accept the facts that things are not going as well as planned in Canada, not as well as promised in Canada and certainly not going as well as advertised in Canada?

[brandeentertainment]

I say 50/50 Goverment and lazy people ....

It would not surprise me if 5% of the 7% didn't want to work ...