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Aug 18, 2026 The jobs turn, AI on the payroll, and TFW's doubled penalties

Welcome back. If there was a single theme running through everything we published this cycle, it is this: the Canadian labour market has quietly turned a corner, but almost nothing about the recovery is even. The headline numbers are improving. The experience underneath them, for young workers, for job seekers

by Minh Dang
Economic Journal   -   Aug 18, 2026 Retail Is Hiring Again, One Part-Time Shift at a Time
Retail Is Hiring Again, One Part-Time Shift at a Time

Canadian retail added nearly 38,000 jobs over two months, but almost all of it is street-level and part-time, and the sector is still down year over year. The rebound is real. So is its unevenness. Retail has quietly become one of the brighter spots in the Canadian

by Minh Dang
CSJ Exclusive   -   Aug 18, 2026 Ghost Jobs and Robot Screeners: The View From the Other Side of the Desk
Ghost Jobs and Robot Screeners: The View From the Other Side of the Desk

A new survey captures a job market frustrating everyone in it at once. Employers cannot fill roles, and the candidates they are trying to reach increasingly suspect the whole process is a machine talking to itself. The Canadian labour market is recovering, but you would not know it from how

by Minh Dang
Labour Journal   -   Aug 18, 2026 Why Canadian Staffing Looks Nothing Like America's
Why Canadian Staffing Looks Nothing Like America's

New data on the shape of the Canadian staffing market reveals an industry built on technology and industry, with healthcare as an afterthought. In the United States, the picture is almost exactly reversed. Ask most people to picture the staffing business and they will imagine nurses and warehouse workers, the

by Minh Dang
Labour Journal   -   Aug 18, 2026 The Recovery That Skips the Young
The Recovery That Skips the Young

Canada added 75,000 jobs in July, Statistics Canada reported on August 7, and the unemployment rate slipped to 6.4 percent, its lowest level since July 2024 and the third consecutive monthly decline. This was not a soft gain padded with part-time work either. Since April, employment has

by Minh Dang
Labour Journal   -   Aug 11, 2026 What July's Labour Force Survey tells staffing firms about the second half of 2026
What July's Labour Force Survey tells staffing firms about the second half of 2026

By the time Statistics Canada released its July Labour Force Survey on August 7, the consensus among forecasters had settled on a gain of roughly 15,000 jobs. The economy delivered 75,000. Employment rose 0.4 per cent to 21.2 million, the employment rate ticked up a tenth

by Minh Dang
Compliance & Payroll Journal   -   Aug 06, 2026 The Penalties Doubled, and the Rules Pull Two Ways
The Penalties Doubled, and the Rules Pull Two Ways

Ottawa levied more than $10 million on employers who misused the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, even as it quietly widened the door for rural hirers. For staffing firms that place foreign workers, the compliance stakes have never been higher, or less predictable. The number Ottawa disclosed this month is the

by Minh Dang
Aug 18, 2026 The jobs turn, AI on the payroll, and TFW's doubled penalties

Welcome back. If there was a single theme running through everything we published this cycle, it is this: the Canadian labour market has quietly turned a corner, but almost nothing about the recovery is even. The headline numbers are improving. The experience underneath them, for young workers, for job seekers

by Minh Dang

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Aug 18, 2026 The jobs turn, AI on the payroll, and TFW's doubled penalties

Welcome back. If there was a single theme running through everything we published this cycle, it is this: the Canadian labour market has quietly turned a corner, but almost nothing about the recovery is even. The headline numbers are improving. The experience underneath them, for young workers, for job seekers

by Minh Dang
Economic Journal   -   Aug 18, 2026 Retail Is Hiring Again, One Part-Time Shift at a Time
Retail Is Hiring Again, One Part-Time Shift at a Time

Canadian retail added nearly 38,000 jobs over two months, but almost all of it is street-level and part-time, and the sector is still down year over year. The rebound is real. So is its unevenness. Retail has quietly become one of the brighter spots in the Canadian

by Minh Dang
CSJ Exclusive   -   Aug 18, 2026 Ghost Jobs and Robot Screeners: The View From the Other Side of the Desk
Ghost Jobs and Robot Screeners: The View From the Other Side of the Desk

A new survey captures a job market frustrating everyone in it at once. Employers cannot fill roles, and the candidates they are trying to reach increasingly suspect the whole process is a machine talking to itself. The Canadian labour market is recovering, but you would not know it from how

by Minh Dang
Labour Journal   -   Aug 18, 2026 Why Canadian Staffing Looks Nothing Like America's
Why Canadian Staffing Looks Nothing Like America's

New data on the shape of the Canadian staffing market reveals an industry built on technology and industry, with healthcare as an afterthought. In the United States, the picture is almost exactly reversed. Ask most people to picture the staffing business and they will imagine nurses and warehouse workers, the

by Minh Dang
Labour Journal   -   Aug 18, 2026 The Recovery That Skips the Young
The Recovery That Skips the Young

Canada added 75,000 jobs in July, Statistics Canada reported on August 7, and the unemployment rate slipped to 6.4 percent, its lowest level since July 2024 and the third consecutive monthly decline. This was not a soft gain padded with part-time work either. Since April, employment has

by Minh Dang
Labour Journal   -   Aug 11, 2026 What July's Labour Force Survey tells staffing firms about the second half of 2026
What July's Labour Force Survey tells staffing firms about the second half of 2026

By the time Statistics Canada released its July Labour Force Survey on August 7, the consensus among forecasters had settled on a gain of roughly 15,000 jobs. The economy delivered 75,000. Employment rose 0.4 per cent to 21.2 million, the employment rate ticked up a tenth

by Minh Dang
Compliance & Payroll Journal   -   Aug 06, 2026 The Penalties Doubled, and the Rules Pull Two Ways
The Penalties Doubled, and the Rules Pull Two Ways

Ottawa levied more than $10 million on employers who misused the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, even as it quietly widened the door for rural hirers. For staffing firms that place foreign workers, the compliance stakes have never been higher, or less predictable. The number Ottawa disclosed this month is the

by Minh Dang
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