David Ljunggren: Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada: OTTAWA - Canada shed just 400 jobs in June, indicating the economy had managed to hang on to most of the massive gains it made in May's blowout report, Statistics Canada said on Friday, according to Reuters. The economy lost 32,400 full-time positions in June while adding 32,200 part-time jobs. In theory, this means the net loss was 200 jobs. Statscan, however, says it is sticking with a net loss of 400 jobs and says the discrepancy is due to rounding and By David Ljunggren Market analysts had predicted a loss of 2,500 jobs after May's huge 95,000 new positions, the second highest increase on record. The jobless rate in June stayed steady at 7.1 percent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.