Last month, employment in Ottawa-Gatineau fell 3.5 per cent from the year before, a drop of roughly 32,000 jobs.
For the Ontario side of the capital region alone, it was the fourth straight month in which annual job growth shrank by more than 5 per cent. This makes it the deepest slump outside of the early pandemic period since records began in 2011, including the drop that occurred in 2013 when the former Harper government slashed 15,000 federal civil-service jobs as part of its deficit-reduction plan.
Isn’t there also a decent tech sector in Kanata? I imagine what’s happening with AI bubble isn’t helping with hiring there.
On the plus (if you really think this is a plus), there are few defence companies in Kanata. Perhaps they will hire more with the governments increase in defence spending.