The Daily Monday, November 2, 2020
Press Release
National Travel Survey, January and February 2020
In early 2020, the impending pandemic had yet to make a serious impact on the travel decisions of Canadians who made 44.6 million trips within Canada and abroad during January and February, up 8.6% from the same months in 2019.
Oil and gas extraction, 2019
Total revenue for the Canadian oil and gas extraction industry rose 4.5% to $131.7 billion in 2019, largely due to higher prices for Canadian crude oil.
Study: Labour market impacts of COVID-19 on Indigenous people, March to August 2020
A new study provides insights on the labour market impacts of COVID-19 on Indigenous people in Canada, in the six-month period that followed the start of the pandemic. It uses data from the Labour Force Survey to report on trends in employment, unemployment and labour force participation among Indigenous people living off reserve in the provinces.
Study: The Employment Consequences of Robots: Firm-level Evidence
Firms that invested in robots from 1996 to 2017 employ more, not fewer, workers. That is the overall conclusion of new studies released today, titled “The Employment Consequences of Robots: Firm-level Evidence” and “The Effect of Robots on Firm Performance and Employment.” The studies found that firms expanded both their high- and low-skilled workforce, although not their middle-skilled workforce after investing in robots. Firms also use fewer managers when robots arrive.
Financial market statistics, September 2020
Data on financial markets are now available for September.
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