Canada's labour force participation rate has fallen to its lowest level since 1997, and both Statistics Canada and the Bank of Canada now point to the same cause. Staffing firms are about to work in a market that is slack today and short of people tomorrow. In the

The economy stalled in July after a strong spring, but the Bank of Canada is more worried about inflation than growth. For staffing firms, the rate path now hinges on oil, tariffs and a softening labour market. Canada's economy went nowhere in July. Real gross domestic product was

September's purchasing managers' surveys show manufacturing losing momentum and services contracting for a fourth month. Firms are cutting headcount while still complaining they cannot find skilled people. Canada's factory sector is still growing, but more slowly than at any point since the spring. The S&

Job vacancies have held near 501,000 for seven months. Beneath the flat line, demand is rotating toward manufacturing and Alberta, and away from retail, Ontario and Quebec. Canadian employers reported 501,000 vacant positions in July, the seventh consecutive month of little change, according to Statistics Canada payroll and

Canada lost 68,000 jobs in September, according to the Labour Force Survey released Oct. 9, a second monthly decline in a row after a loss of 42,000 in August. The employment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 60.6 percent. The unemployment rate rose to 6.5

In all honesty, a few months ago I thought we might finally be turning a corner. The economy grew at an annualized 3.3 percent in the second quarter, and employers added 181,000 jobs between April and July. For an industry that lives and dies by client confidence, it

Fall is here. Budgets are being confirmed. Roles that were put on hold are coming back. And hiring managers are starting to ask the question that was off the table for much of the year: When can we open positions? The outlook is positive. Three quarters of Canadian hiring managers

For most of the year, the official numbers said the country was losing people. A September revision added back hundreds of thousands of temporary residents and reshaped what the labour supply actually looks like. For three quarters running, the headline was the same: Canada's population was falling. Statistics