Canada's employment data show shifting job market

Tracking the job market tells us a lot about changes not only in the economy, but also in behaviour. And the assessment of changes in the job market over the past decade by Philip Cross of Statistics Canada is especially interesting.

One key shift is the growing importance of big business in job creation and a relative decline in the importance of small business. For a long time we were told that small is beautiful and that Canada's future economic success depended on small business, while the importance of big businesses was neglected.

TheStar.com - Crane: Canada's employment data show shifting job market