Beyond the optimistic headlines, some economists argue that the Canadian economy is barely scraping by

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Canada’s jobless rate fell to 6.6 per cent in May as 88,000 positions were added into the economy, the first significant employment gain since November 2025, according to Statistics Canada’s labour force survey data released Friday.

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