With uncertainty over U.S. tariffs nonetheless looming, younger persons are disproportionately discovering it tough to seek out work. What does that say in regards to the well being of Canada’s financial system?
Entrance BurnerYounger folks cannot discover jobs. Is Canada’s financial system in bother?
The unemployment charge for Canadians between 15 and 24 is at 15 p.c, the very best it has been since 2010, not together with the pandemic.
Why cannot younger folks discover a job? And the way do these numbers match into the broader well being of our financial system in the intervening time?
Economist and Atkinson Fellow on the Way forward for Staff Armine Yalnizyan is on the present to speak about these numbers, why they stand out and what might be finished to organize and defend the financial system from a world of near-constant uncertainty.
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