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unemployment: The unemployment rate rose to seven per cent as 40,000 more people were looking for work, according to CBC. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair latched onto the increase in unemployment, saying it is a sign that Stephen Harper Conservatives have failed to encourage economic growth. "The fact that the unemployment rate is up to seven per cent, that is another indication that Mr. The data agency said the economy added 12,000 jobs in August, bolstered by a gain in full-time employment. Harper plan is not working. Trudeau takes infrastructure pitch to key GTA riding Mulcair vows action to expand Canada, Quebec pension plans Harper pledges enhanced tax credit for northern mining projects "We've lost 400,000 good jobs in the manufacturing sector, and with Friday figures there is now 200,000 more people unemployed now than in the last recession." Mulcair then added his often-repeated line that Harper is the only prime minister in modern history to reside over two recessions while in office. For 10 years, we've seen increasing job losses, particularly in the manufacturing sector," he said during a campaign stop in Brossard, Que., Friday morning. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.