Canada loses record 2 million jobs; temporary layoffs hide extent of damage

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Canada lost a record-breaking 2.0 million jobs in April while the unemployment rate surged to a near-record high 13.0%, according to official data released on Friday that did not reflect the full extent of layoffs caused by coronavirus shutdowns.

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a"Help wanted" sign at a retail store in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast a loss of 4 million jobs and an unemployment rate of 18%, up from the 7.8% seen in March, when 1 million jobs were lost. Most non-essential businesses have been shut since mid-March as officials urge people to stay at home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but in recent weeks, some of the 10 Canadian provinces have started to gradually reopen their economies.

 

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Canada, also a victim of the pandemic.

Canada needs migrants to fill those jobs

So they had... 1-2 million unemployed before covid, then about 7.7 for cerb, now 2.2 million in April. So 10-11 million not working with a working pool of approx 20 million. So 50-55% unemployed

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Must be a lot of lazy people in the world right now... That's the only thing to explain so much unemployment right now... Otherwise, this isn't news. Smfh.

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