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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Parliament his security agencies are pursuing “credible allegations” (CBC) of a potential link between “agents of the Indian government” and the June murder of a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
“In 2021,1.5 million people in Canada reported being Black, up from 1.2 million five years earlier, and more than 300 different ethnic or cultural origins were reported in the Census of Population,” according to Statistics Canada. “While the education and labour market experiences of Black people in Canada are just as diverse as the Black population, the socioeconomic conditions of this population, including rates of employment and earnings, are generally lower than the non-Indigenous, non-racialized population. This is true even after accounting for differences in age and education.”
Yellowknife is now under evacuation order and all residents are asked to be out of the city by Friday at noon.
Yellowknife has a population of approximately 22,000.
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The unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 5.5%.
Employment fell among core-aged men aged 25 to 54 years old (-27,000; -0.4%) and increased among male youth aged 15 to 24 (+13,000; +0.9%). There was little variation in employment among young and core-aged women, and among men and women aged 55 and older, as reported by Statistics Canada.
Meanwhile, the average hourly wages grew 5 per cent in July for third consecutive month of gains.
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Police-reported crime in Canada, as measured by the Crime Severity Index (CSI), increased for the second consecutive year, up 4% in 2022. The Violent CSI rose in 2022, reaching its highest point since 2007. The Non-violent CSI also increased in 2022 but remained lower than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Those most likely to make a career move now and in the remaining months of 2023 are:
- Gen Zers (64 per cent)
- Marketing and creative professionals (51 per cent)
- Working parents (51 per cent)
- Employees who have been with their company for 2-4 years (56 per cent)
- Contract work is a viable route for many professionals, with 31 per cent of workers saying they are interested in contract roles in the future.
Workers exploring other employment opportunities are motivated by:
- A higher salary (55 per cent)
- Better benefits and perks (28 per cent)
- Remote work options (26 per cent)
Compensation, benefits, flexible schedules and remote work options are also the top factors professionals look for when evaluating job postings.
When applying for an open role, professionals said they’d lose interest and withdraw from consideration due to:
- Poor communication and follow-up from the hiring manager (56 per cent)
- Excessive — or more than three — rounds of interviews (46 per cent)
- Delayed decision-making/lengthy timeline (38 per cent)
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