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• Job vacancies fall to lowest point on record
  [OTTAWA, ON] - The case for job shortages in Canada became thinner Tuesday with the most recent data showing vacancies actually fell to 200,000 ...
• Is there a labour shortage in Canada? Evidence is...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — Is there a skilled labour shortage in Canada? Many employers say there is, but even some business surveys and the ...
• Job gains stall in Canada, but strong U.S. numbers...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — Canada's recent strong jobs performance slowed to a crawl in October, as the economy managed a meagre 1,800 new jobs, not enough ...
• Ottawa won't change EI program, but acknowledges not...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — Human Resources Minister Diane Finley is sticking to her guns on controversial changes to employment insurance, although she ...
• Canadian trade deficit doubles in June as global...
  [OTTAWA, ON] – Canada's trade performance with the rest of the world worsened for the third consecutive month in June, providing fresh evidence ...
• Carney warns he will blow the whistle on...
  [OTTAWA, ON] – Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney says he is willing to blow the whistle on banks that break international norms or don't comply ...
• Economy slowing, interest rates to stay low for longer
  [OTTAWA, ON] — Canadians are in for at least two more years of slowing economic activity and low job creation, a condition that should keep ...
• Weak recovery blamed for creating lost generation of...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — The weak global recovery is turning unemployment into a long-term structural problem with the potential to scar youth and some ...
• New EI rules to impact all jobless, especially...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — The Harper Conservatives came under fire Thursday moments after introducing new rules that would force the jobless seeking ...
• EI rule changes wouldn't force workers into bad...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — The Harper government sent confusing signals Tuesday about coming changes to employment insurance rules, declaring in favour of a ...
• No such thing as a bad job, Flaherty tells...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — The Harper Conservatives are signaling they are preparing to get tough with unemployed Canadians who refuse jobs they consider ...
• Credit card system 'perverse', claims Competition...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — Canada's credit card system is a "perverse" place where shoppers who pay with cash or debit subsidize purchases made with credit ...
• Retail council points finger at multi-national...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — Canada's retailers are blaming suppliers for the large gap between their prices and identical goods for sale south of the border, ...
• Optimism grows, expectations for hiring positive
  [OTTAWA, ON] — Business optimism in Canada is rising sharply as the gloom of the winter months appears to be giving way to better expectations ...
• Job creation continues stall, but unemployment rate...
  [OTTAWA, ON] – Canadians once again struggled to find work in February as jobs creation fell short of expectations with 2,800 positions lost in ...
• Economy creates 17,500 jobs, but unemployment rate...
  [OTTAWA, ON] – Canada's economy began creating jobs again in December after two consecutive months of declines, but it was not enough to keep the ...
• Rare glimmers of hope in midst of bleak economic...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — A few new forward-looking indicators are offering a glimmer of hope — amid a generally bleak backdrop — for the economy and job ...
• Supreme Court rejects bid to establish national...
  [OTTAWA, ON] — A unanimous Supreme Court ruling striking down Ottawa's national securities regulator plan has left the process in limbo, with ...
• The two tiered economy: Oil rich provinces lead growth
  [OTTAWA, ON] — Natural resource riches are re-emerging as the major engine of economic activity in Canada, splitting the country between the ...
• Expectations for economy slashed
  [OTTAWA, ON] – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is signalling he may no longer be fixated on balancing the budget in four years, after the Bank of ...
• Higher gas prices push inflation rate to 3.7 per...
  [OTTAWA, ON] - Canada's annual inflation rate jumped to the highest level in eight years last month, rising to 3.7 per cent as big increases in ...
• Canada's economy not looking so hot: slow growth may...
  [OTTAWA, ON] - When April's gross domestic product report is released on Thursday, it will all but certainly confirm that Canada's economy has ...
• Bank of Canada's Carney warns of mounting risk,...
  [OTTAWA, ON] - Strain from a world awash in debt is increasing the risk to what is already a fragile and weak economic recovery, the Bank of ...
• Slow retail sales growth adding drag to economic...
  OTTAWA - Canadian retail sales eked out a disappointing 0.3 per cent gain in April in a further indication that record-levels of consumer debt is ...
• Harper government tables bill to force Air Canada...
  [OTTAWA, ON] - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the federal government had little choice but to introduce legislation to order striking Air ...
• Government considers back to work order as Canada...
  [OTTAWA, ON] - Canada Post's lockout of 48,000 unionized workers on Wednesday has prompted Labour Minister Lisa Raitt and her officials to ...
• CRTC head calls for all encompassing act to regulate...
  [OTTAWA, ON] - Ottawa should rethink its communications policy and draft a new all-encompassing act more in tune with the new digital world, the ...
• No back to work legislation yet as Canada Post says...
  [OTTAWA, ON] - The federal government appears to have ruled out back-to-work legislation for now in the labour dispute that is increasingly ...
• Canada's jobless rate falls to lowest level in two...
  [OTTAWA, ON] - Canada's unemployment rate fell to its lowest in more than two years as a combination of more self-employed workers and fewer job ...
• Flaherty to re introduce March budget Monday,...
  [OTTAWA, ON] - In a way, it will go down as the ultimate budget leak. When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty stands up in the House of Commons on ...