Province's unemployment rate falls to 5.2%
The province added 5,900 jobs to the economy last month, while the unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 5.2 per cent, according to data released Friday by Statistics Canada.Additions were made most notably in construction and information/culture/recreation , the latter of which is associated with the province’s film and TV sector.
RBC assistant chief economist Nathan Janzen echoed Porter’s concerns about population growth outpacing job growth.
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