April 8, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Either Peterborough had a truly incredible March, or something’s wrong with the way Canada tracks unemployment.
Why you can’t trust Canada’s jobs numbers
Labour Force Survey
Instability trap: Canadians want work. Why have so many stopped looking?
Feb. 10, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
The percentage of working-age Canadians who aren’t working – who aren’t even looking for a job – is at a historic high years after the economy supposedly bounced back from the recession. The labour participation rate for Canadian men in their working prime – ages 25 through 54 – is the lowest it’s been since Statistics Canada started collecting that data.
Don’t panic: Statscan job error’s more awkward than catastrophic
August 15, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Remember when Statistics Canada said the country added 200 jobs in July?
That was last week: The number-crunching agency really meant 42,000.
Ontario’s now the worst place for educated immigrants looking for work
July 30, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Tim Iqbal’s first job in Canada was shovelling snow.
Poor prospects: Toronto’s impoverished are working hard and hardly earning
Armira Varga moved to Canada from Colombia 23 years ago, built a life for herself and her kids. Now, out of a job and juggling multiple new gigs, she's joined the growing ranks of Toronto's working poor.
(Photo by Moe Doiron / The Globe and Mail)
a business of misfits 