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Canada: Manufacturing Jobs

manufacturing jobs: StatsCans most recent data on employment show the number of jobs in real estate in Canada jumped 3.9 per cent in the past year, nearly five times the rate of overall job growth. Construction jobs grew 3.1 per cent, according to Huffington Post. Its not just the latest numbers that look like this; its a trend thats been developing for the past half decade at least. Canada is ditching its manufacturing jobs and replacing them with jobs building condos. Okay, thats a simplification, but underlying it are some disturbing facts and Call it a sign of the times. Over the same period, the number of manufacturing jobs fell by 0.9 per cent, or about 14,000 positions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.