TheSpec.com – Business News – Self-employment surges – Hamilton Spectator
StatsCan says the decline in paid It says 28 per cent of recently laid-off paid employees came from manufacturing industries while many of the newly self-employed were in services. Statistics Canada says the growth in self-employment was not

TheSpec.com – Business News – Canadian economy – Hamilton Spectator
OTTAWA – The stalwart Canadian economy marched doggedly forward surprising strength, with the goods-producing sector in full rebound mode, Douglas Porter, deputy chief economist for BMO Capital Markets, wrote in a note to clients.