The slump in the participation rate this year at least partly reflects the cyclical weakness of hiring, which means that the labour market is weaker than the unemployment rate alone might suggest. The silver lining is that an eventual rebound in participation could help to offset the expected drag on the labour force from the government’s plans to slash temporary foreign worker numbers.
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