Wow.
I was today years old when I learned from Marc that 32,000 of the “88,000 new jobs” were temporary census workers.
And a huge other chunk, were FIFA and seasonal employment.
What a joke.
The Liberals keep bragging about 88,000 jobs.
Here's the part they don't want you looking at.
Statistics Canada hired roughly 32,000 temporary census workers.
Public sector employment jumped.
Infrastructure spending funded by taxpayers boosted construction hiring.
FIFA-related activity boosted temporary employment.
Temporary jobs increased nearly 3x faster than permanent jobs.
In other words, the headline says "88,000 jobs."
The fine print says "temporary, taxpayer-funded, and seasonal."
There's nothing wrong with temporary work.
But when temporary jobs become the main engine of growth, that's not an economic boom.
That's economic life support.