Halifax: Fred Morley

Fred Morley: Government jobs have often played a significant role in employing students for the summer, especially in Halifax, but there might be a bit less of that this year, says Fred Morley, Greater Halifax Partnership senior vice-president and chief economist, according to The Chronicle Herald. That leaves people like Morley to speculate that Ottawas budget cuts, which reduced the number of scientists and researchers working for the federal government in Nova Scotia, will also mean there will be fewer students hired as researchers and assistants and Its a little more difficult to determine just how hot the summer job market will be this year. That feeling about fewer jobs with the federal government may be difficult to quantify, however, since he says cuts to Statistics Canada have meant data showing federal hiring in a particular city or province has been eliminated. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.