Dear John,

According to some headlines, Canada’s job market has more than fully recovered from losses experienced during the COVID pandemic.

As early as December of last year, the Prime Minister himself was bragging about Canada’s job performance, citing strong growth numbers:

… but what do those numbers actually represent? Where are these jobs being created?

As you might know, our motto here at the Fraser Institute is “if it matters, we measure it!” – so that’s exactly what we did.

One of our recent studies examined the job market since the pandemic began, and found that the government sector accounted for 87% of all new jobs in Canada since then!

This, despite the fact that the government sector represents just 22% of jobs in the economy.

Meanwhile, there has been almost no job creation in the private sector: net jobs there increased by just 0.4% between February 2020 and July 2022, compared to an increase of 9.4% in the government sector.

Put more simply, Canada’s job creation in recent years has not been driven by private sector-growth, but rather has primarily been the result of government hiring.

This study sent shockwaves through the Canadian media landscape. With coverage in the Financial Post, Globe & Mail, and Toronto Star, and huge reach on social media, our study reached millions of Canadians and sparked a national discussion.

John, this is the kind of important research we put out every single week.

We look behind the headlines and give Canadians the facts they need to hold their governments accountable!

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We don’t accept government funding – we rely on our supporters like you!

Thank you for your continued support,

Niels Veldhuis

President

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