To Canadians critical of provincial Omicron lockdowns, it may seem obvious why Friday’s jobs data showed a glaring contrast between job creation here and in the U.S. where there are fewer COVID restrictions.
The U.S. economy created 467,000 jobs in January, while Statistics Canada reported a worse than expected loss of 200,000, despite the fact that the U.S. has about 10 times more people.
But according to economists who study employment in both countries, the idea that provincial government schemes to slow the virus mean Canada is losing out on job creation is simply wrong.
Despite the fact that the States had few restrictions during the latest Omicron wave, the
