booja@booja.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 5 months agoCanada Added 58k Workers But Lost 2k Jobs Last Monthbetterdwelling.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoThe article says: The country added 57.7k workers for a grand total of 21.72 million in March. Unfortunately the economy also lost 2.2k jobs over that same month. I read it as +58k new workers -2k jobs So we’ve net lost jobs, while we’ve grown the workforce. At least by my reading.
minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoSo a total of ~60k less job vacancies?
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoI’d phrase it as 60k people without jobs. But basically, yeah.
minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoYup, I read that backwards.
The article says:
I read it as
So we’ve net lost jobs, while we’ve grown the workforce. At least by my reading.
So a total of ~60k less job vacancies?
I’d phrase it as 60k people without jobs. But basically, yeah.
Yup, I read that backwards.