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Local job-seekers will have tougher time finding work
Winnipeg's labour market activity is expected to remain soft in the next few months. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
WINNIPEG — It’s going to be more difficult for local job-seekers to find work over the next few months, according to the results of latest help-wanted survey by the Conference Board of Canada.
The Ottawa-based think tank said today Winnipeg is one of 15 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) where labour market activity is expected to remain soft for the near term.
It said its most recent survey of 79 online job boards in Canada showed only five CMAs have positive near-term job prospects.
And surprisingly, not one of them is in Western Canada.
"But given that the economic outlook for the West remains bright, this is more likely to be a temporary pause than the beginning of any downward trend," the board added.
The five CMAs with positive near-term employment prospects are Thunder Bay, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec City and St. John’s.
murray.mcneill@freepress.mb.ca
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