Today, Stats Can released news on Canada’s GDP for August – for the third month in a row, our GDP has grown, this time rising 0.3%. This rising percentage was due to the energy sector, without which real GDP would have remained constant.
For the most part, the manufacturing industry saw a decline during the month of August. The industry as a whole fell 0.4% in August. Food, petroleum and primary metal products all saw an increase.
Some interesting highlights:
- The energy sector advanced by 2.8% in August, including oil and gas extraction (rising 2.6%) and support activities for mining, oil and gas extraction (rising 17%).
- The construction industry rose 0.1%
- The financial and insurance industry rose 1.4%.
A survey done by LinkedIn and released today took a look at what people’s greatest pet peeves in the office are. Turns out the top five are:
- people not taking ownership of their actions
- constant complainers
- dirty common areas
- start meetings late or going long
- people who don’t respond to emails
Read the press release or view the infographic.
In this article by Michael Scissons, we read about Why Canada is a hotbed of tech activity, including five factors that are unique to Canada in contributing to the innovative tech activity that is happening here.
We have all heard the news about Steve Jobs stepping down from Apple – I feel like this is the end of an era. As well as being one of the founders of Apple, Jobs was able to turn Apple around when he rejoined the company in 1996. We will remember this period after Jobs returned because of the amazing and innovative products that Apple created. A look back on what Jobs did for Apple can be read in What Made Steve Jobs Great.
StatsCan released the national and provincial unemployment rates today. The Globe and Mail takes a look at how they compare to last month, as well as a three-month average.
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