February 03, 2012
Canada's unemployment rate has gone up. According to Stats Can, the jobless rate rose slightly to 7.6 per cent last month. That’s up from 7.5 per cent in December. 23-hundred jobs were created in January, but at the same time, officials say there were 23,700 more Canadians looking for jobs, which accounts for the climb in the jobless rate. Even the construction industry suffered job losses, despite the warmer-than-normal winter season.However, for the second consecutive month, the jobless rate in Barrie has gone down almost a full percentage point. It fell from 10.3 per cent in December to 9.5 in January. Mayor Jeff Lehman tweeted that the number is still too high, but a good start to 2012.
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