Jobs report : Rapport sur l'emploi : le point sur le marché du travail canadien

The report examines recent developments in the labour market, the educational attainment and skill level of Canada’s workforce, and potential imbalances between the demand for and supply of skills. [...] This suggests that the majority of the unemployed make the necessary adjustments to meet the needs of the labour market. [...] The cyclical pattern in the participation rate of youth aged 15 to 19 is mainly driven by the behaviour of full-time students in the labour market, who tend to take part-time jobs when the economy is strong and withdraw from the labour market as the labour market weakens. [...] The Forest Products Association of Canada states that the forest products industry has set a goal to recruit at least 60,000 workers by the end of the decade, which it believes will be “an ongoing challenge for the sector at all skill levels.” • A large number of organizations representing and surveying Canadian businesses of all sizes in all sectors of the Canadian economy and in all regions have