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Labour Market Bulletin, Second Quarter 2004
An Analysis of the Durham Region Labour Market
Human Resource Centre of Canada
Highlights:
- New Port Perry Canadian Tire store to be built by October 2004.
- Durham Region businesses make Profit magazine’s list of 100 Canada ’s Fastest Growing Companies.
- Physician Recruitment Task Force established in Whitby .
- Quarterly labour market performance improves; full-time job creation drives employment growth. Job gains strongest in Construction.
- Labour market participation in Oshawa strongest of all urban centres in Ontario . Local unemployment rate lowest in province.
- Local Employment Insurance (EI) claims dropped 8.2%, or 643 claims, during the second quarter of this year relative to a quarter ago.
- From the Author’s Desk:
- Focus on Durham Region’s Real Estate Market and Its Impact on Employment
- Ontario Budget 2004 contains employment and training initiatives.
The complete publication is available in a Printable Adobe Acrobat PDF version 
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