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Janvier 10, 2019 11:13AM

How interest rates affect labour participation among Canadian workers young and old

Livio Di Matteo

How interest rates affect labour participation among Canadian workers young and old

Workers aged 55 years and over hold one-fifth of the jobs in Canada.

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bank of canada, interest rates, labour participation, workers, retirement, jobs

Décembre 7, 2018 12:27PM

Recent column about expanded CPP ignores costs to Canadian workers

Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios

The expanded CPP’s overall rate of return for workers is a meagre 2.5 per cent.

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canada pension plan, CPP expansion, pensions, workers, payroll tax, rate of return

Novembre 28, 2017 5:00AM

Job growth in Toronto and Ottawa masks job weakness in most of Ontario

Other regions created new jobs on net, but those were almost entirely offset by other regions shedding jobs.

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ontario jobs, employment, unemployment, kathleen wynne, Toronto, Ottawa, job creation, workers, ontario economy

Septembre 2, 2017 7:30AM

Canada has lower job-growth, higher unemployment rate than U.S. over three years

Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre

The Atlantic provinces comprise four of the five lowest ranked Canadian and U.S. jurisdictions.

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labour, canadian labour market, Job growth, job creation, unemployment, employment, workers, labour day

Juin 16, 2017 4:30AM

Participation rates—good news, bad news or neutral news?

Statistics Canada looked at the impact of aging on labour market participation rates.

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part rates, labour, labour participation, retirement, workers, employment

Mai 15, 2017 3:00AM

Unemployment rate doesn’t tell full story of Ontario’s economy

Ben Eisen, David Watson

Labour market performance has been extremely weak since the last recession.

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labour, employment rate, unemployment rate, ontario, jobs, workers, Ottawa, Toronto, greater golden horseshoe, GTA