http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/jobs-canada-july-1.3708611#
So this month, Canada LOST 31,200 jobs. And let me tell you, the number of FULL-time jobs fell by 71,400. Absuloute disaster! Now unemployement was 6.9%, which isn't bad until you realize labour participation fell significantly! Meanwhile, the US reported 255,000 NEW jobs this month! But it gets even worse! This month, we had a RECORD trade deficit of 3.6 billion dollars! Considering we're usually exporting more than we import, this is bad!http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/trade-loonie-1.3708854
But oh, the final nail in the coffin, the AWFUL GDP numbers. Now here, take a look: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gdp-may-fire-economy-1.3693968
Now I get it, a wild-fire affected oil production, but many were expecting worse case scenario numbers. Well, somehow we were able to do even worse! Our economy shrunk by 0.6%, the largest drop since 2009. And if you think that its just oil doing this, no! We also saw significant drops in our manufacturing, and the only reason the numbers weren't worse was because of real-estate, which is the ONLY thing proping up our economy at this point: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/08/02/real-estate-gdp-canada_n_11309192.html
Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).