Wilson: Job Numbers and Question Period

wilson: Premier Doug Ford makes a point during question period, with Health Minister Christine Elliott, and Trade Minister Jim Wilson at Queen's Park last month, according to The Toronto Star. In a statement, Wilson blamed Ontario's dismal August job numbers on the previous Liberal government. That's the province's greatest loss of jobs in a Statistics Canada monthly employment survey since the 2009 global recession, though it seems largely due to seasonal fluctuation. The latest job numbers are a reminder of the Wynne Liberals' 15-year legacy of scandal, waste and mismanagement, the minister said. Still, last month's decline of 80,100 jobs is the sharpest drop since January 2009 when 95,700 jobs vanished during the biggest international financial crisis since the Great Depression. Rick Madonik / Toronto Star While Ontario's unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent in August up 0.3 percentage points from July it remains lower than Canada's national average of 6 per cent and well under the 8 per cent during the depth of the worldwide slump. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.