As the snow settles across the country and the frantic pace of the final quarter begins to ease, I find myself reflecting on a year that challenged our industry to redefine its value proposition. For those of us at the Canadian Labour and Staffing Journal, 2025 was a year of

Late in 2025, Statistics Canada released data showing a contraction in the Canadian population for the first time in years, driven by a marked slowdown in immigration and a persistent natural decrease where deaths outnumber births. Quarterly census estimates indicate a roughly 0.2 per cent drop in total residents

Canada’s inflation picture remained superficially calm in November. Headline CPI held at 2.2 percent year over year, right in line with the Bank of Canada’s target and comfortably below the levels that dominated much of the past two years. But beneath that stability, the composition of inflation

In Canada, upskilling is no longer just a policy file or an HR buzzword. It has become a capital allocation decision that sits beside capex and technology spend. The most interesting part is that some of the biggest moves are coming from private employers and technology companies that have decided

As Canada transitions into 2026, the latest Quarterly Canadian Outlook from RBC Economics underscores a nuanced economic environment that is cautiously optimistic but fundamentally reshaped by structural shifts. At first glance, the data signal resilience: per-capita GDP is on track to grow in 2025 for the first time in three

Canada’s September trade data delivered a sharp and headline-grabbing swing back into surplus. On the surface, the move from a $6.4 billion deficit in August to a modest $153 million surplus looks dramatic. Underneath, the details tell a more nuanced and more constructive story: what we are seeing

The latest Ivey Purchasing Managers Index for November landed below the neutral threshold at 48.4, signaling contraction in overall business activity after a string of months above 50. This marks the first clear downshift in business sentiment since the mid-year rebound, and it carries important implications for the labour

The Bank of Canada entered the final stretch of the year with a widely anticipated decision to hold the policy rate at 2.25 percent. This keeps the benchmark at the lower edge of the neutral range and signals that the long adjustment phase that began in mid 2024 is