Jobs and Job Creation

job creation: We know we shouldn't make sweeping generalizations based on one month. But the December jobs report caps off a very disappointing year for job creation in Canada. Except for the height of the recession, 2013 had the slowest job creation since 2001. We now have an unemployment rate that is above that of the United States. , according to Hamilton Spectator. As for the jobs that were created, much is left to be desired. Many of the jobs have been in typically low-paying occupations. Also, about four out of 10 jobs have been temporary or precarious employment a type of employment that lacks benefits, pensions or job security. www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a03?lang eng pattern 282-0001..282-0042 p2 31 We cant continue to have this mediocrity. With close to 46, 000 Canadians getting pink slips in December, Canadians are getting the picture that the economy is not as rosy as the Harper government says it is. We have been fed the myth that our economy is not only doing fine, but that we are world leaders. Unfortunately, we are not. In fact, we haven't been doing that well for a long time. Our employment rate of 61.6 per cent in December, the ratio of employment to working age population, is nowhere near the pre-recession high of 63.5 per cent, reached precrash in 2008. Internationally, Canada ranks 20th out of 34 countries in net job creation, with countries such as Germany and Australia better at creating jobs. academicmatters.ca/2013/11/canadas-sluggish-labour-market-and-the-myth-of-the-skills-shortage (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.