Canada’s economy added 55,000 jobs last month, as a surge in full-time jobs more than offset a decline in part-time work.
Statistics Canada reported Friday that two provinces — Ontario and Saskatchewan — made up almost all of the gains, while the job market was flat just about everywhere else.
According to the data agency’s labour force survey, there were 123,000 more Canadians with full-time jobs during the month, and 68,000 fewer part-time ones.
While the job gain was twice as much as what economists were expecting, it should be taken with a grain of salt, given what has happened with
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