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Labour Market Bulletin, Third Quarter 2004
An Analysis of the Kingston/Pembroke Area Labour Market
Human Resource Centre of Canada

An overview of the Kingston/Pembroke area, including Arnprior, Brockville, Carleton Place, Gananoque, Kingston, Pembroke,Perth, Prescott, Renfrew and Smiths Falls.

Local labour market conditions were relatively buoyant during the third quarter. Job creation picked up, particularly for full-time work. The number of job vacancies advanced both quarter-over-quarter, and year-over-year.

Stronger job growth led to a reduction in quarterly unemployment. Correspondingly, the number of regular Employment Insurance claimants dropped during the third quarter, reflective of seasonal improvements in job prospects over the summer months.

Highlights:

The City of Pembroke is tripling the size of its pollution control plant at a cost of $30 million.
Troy Manufacturing, a fibreglass products manufacturer near Brockville, filed for bankruptcy in July, affecting approximately 40 employees.
Bombardier plans to permanently close its factory in Loyalist Township. Approximately 115 production jobs will be affected.
Zellers at the Cataraqui Town Centre in Kingston is expanding its store. The firm hopes to increase its current complement of 160 staff by 20%.
Food Basics opened a new store in the Pembroke Mall in July. It employs 140 people.
Kingston’s StarTek held a job fair in August in its drive to hire another 350 call centre employees.
The Rideau Regional Centre in Smiths Falls is slated to close in 2009, eliminating over 800 jobs.
Regular Employment Insurance (EI) claimant levels fell 6.7% during the quarter.
Advertised job vacancies rose by 39% during the quarter.

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