Last friday, January 4, 2013, "Statistics Canada" announced that Employment in the country rose by 40,000 in December 2012, the fourth increase in five months. December's increase was all in full-time work. The unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 7.1%, the lowest in four years.
Provincially, employment increased in Ontario (33,000 according to CBC News), Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island in December. At the same time, there was a decline in Nova Scotia.
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