Justin Troodo

[Brent]

27,000 jobs were added in Canada in May. At the same time, the population rose by nearly 98,000, almost entirely from immigration.

Not every immigrant is of working age. Some are kids, some are seniors.

Not every newcomer needs a job. But a lot do need work. And, under the Liberals, our economy is not producing jobs fast enough to provide work for every new Canadian who wants a job.

The participation rate is typically around 65%. In May it dropped to closer to 61%.
Canada's unemployment rate looks not so bad, only because so many people have given up looking for work. If you're looking for a job and can't find one, you're unemployed. If you've given up looking, you're not counted.

The math is clear enough— in the first five months of 2024, the Liberals have admitted just over 500,000 new Canadians, about 100,000 a month. As a result, Statistics Canada calculates the size of our labour force had increased by 315,000. Yet in those five months, our economy — which is the slowest in the G7 — has produced just 193,000 new jobs (63,000 full-time, 130,000 part-time).

We have added 63% more workers than jobs. That's simply unsustainable.

And look at the effect on housing. We will admit 1.2 or 1.3 million immigrants this year, while building just 230,000 to 250,000 new housing units — apartments, houses, condos, row housing and so on.

The Liberals' flood of immigrants isn't solely to blame, of course. The Trudeau government has also depressed international investment in Canada and domestic job creation with its idiotic energy and environmental policies. And they've damaged the economy with their runaway spending, rising taxes and high inflation.

Time after time we are presented with evidence of the damage being done by the Trudeau government's immigration policies and the Liberals do nothing concrete to stop the chaos.