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Canada Starts the Holiday Season With a Stable Jobs Report

By: Express Employment Professionals |  1,023 Shares     94 Reads

TORONTO, ONTARIO - (Marketwired - Dec. 5, 2014) - Bob Funk, the CEO of the North America's largest franchised staffing company, today issued the following statement in response to the latest Statistic Canada Labour Force Survey which showed the Canadian economy held steady in November with an unemployment rate at 6.6 per cent (up slightly from 6.5 per cent in October). The labour force participation rate remained unchanged at 66 per cent:

"As we start the holidays, Canadians got a treat, a solid, stable jobs number. The jobs scene at the end of 2014 remains positive and something we should all be thankful for," Funk said. "That said, we need to remember many Canadians remain out of the workforce, with a labour force participation rate of 66 per cent, we need to focus on new measures to get people back into the workforce."

November unemployment numbers of note from across Canada:
Brantford	6.2%
Calgary	4.4%
Edmonton	4.4%
Guelph	5.1%
Halifax	6.1%
Hamilton	5.6%
Kelowna	5.2%
Oshawa	6.8%
Ottawa-Gatineau	6.2%
Montreal	7.1%
Saskatoon	3.6%
Toronto	7.8%
Victoria	4.9%
Vancouver	6%
Windsor	9%

About Robert A. Funk

Robert A. "Bob" Funk is chairman and chief executive officer of Express Employment Professionals. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, the international staffing company has more than 700 franchises in Canada, the U.S. and South Africa. Under his leadership, Express has put more than five million people to work worldwide. Funk served as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and was also the Chairman of the Conference of Chairmen of the Federal Reserve.

About Express Employment Professionals and Express in Canada

Express Employment Professionals puts people to work. It generated more than $2.5 billion in sales and employed nearly 400,000 people in 2013. Express ranks as the largest franchised staffing company in the United States and the second largest privately held staffing company in North America. Its long-term goal is to put a million people to work annually.

Express launched in Canada in July 1996, with a franchise in London, Ontario, and since then, has expanded and grown in Canada significantly. There are currently 35 Express franchises in Canada - six in British Columbia, six in Alberta, and 23 in Ontario.

SOURCE Express Employment Professionals

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If you would like to arrange for an interview with Bob Funk, please contact Kellie Major (613) 222-7488.

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