Major Drop in Full-time Jobs
Channel: Greg Neurolanis
Date: 2014-01-11

Statistics show that Canadian jobs have dropped to their lowest numbers since 2009, at the height of the recession. Conservative MP Mark Adler states that the way to combat this problem is to continue with the slashing of corporate tax. This theory that by making the rich richer the money will 'tinkle-down' to the rest of us was disproven back in the era of Brian Mulroney, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Regan. What resulted of course was a major recession in each of the three nations, disproving the obviously self-serving theory. Stephen Harper came in with the same idea and apparently he's still pushing it.

When it comes to the unemployment rate, you have to bear in mind that it only accounts for people on EI. The true number of those without jobs who need them is unknown. Not everyone can get enough hours to even collect EI these days. Times are so bad in parts of Nova Scotia, where I live, that I can honestly say that not only has the recession never ended for us, but it's only gotten worse!

On a side note, you'll notice how reporters and politicians always refer to "middle class families" and "middle class jobs." No wonder people turn to alternative media and take politics to the streets in the form of protest, because there is no one representing working and lower class citizens anymore.

Canada Loses Nearly 46,000 Jobs in December
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-loses-nearly-46-000-jobs-in-december-1.2491374