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Canada’s Job Market Stumbles as February Brings Major Employment Losses

                                                       Workers operating machinery at a construction site in Edmonton.      Canada’s labour market took a sharp downturn in February, shedding 84,000 jobs and pushing the national unemployment rate up to 6.7%. The decline was far steeper than economists expected and marks one of the most significant monthly employment drops in recent years.  A Sudden and Significant Employment Decline Statistics Canada reported that the country lost 84,000 jobs in February , a surprising contraction that affected both goods‑producing and services‑producing industries. The unemployment rate rose to 6.7% , up 0.2 percentage points from January. Economists had anticipated modest job growth, making the downturn even more unexpected.  Who Was Hit the Hardest Youth aged...
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Exiled Russian Activists Urge Canada to Rescue Anti-War Asylum Seekers from U.S. Deportation

 


A coalition of prominent Russian opposition figures in exile is appealing to Canada to grant asylum to hundreds of anti-war activists currently facing deportation from the United States.

In a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Yulia Navalnaya — widow of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny — along with former political prisoners Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin, warned that returning these individuals to Russia would expose them to arrest, imprisonment, or worse.

The dissidents say many fled after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, seeking refuge in the U.S., but have since been caught in a tightening immigration crackdown under the Trump administration. Reports indicate that some deported activists, such as Leonid Melekhin, were immediately detained upon arrival in Russia on charges like “justifying terrorism”.

The letter urges Ottawa to accept “a few hundred” of the most vulnerable and to formally notify Washington of its willingness to take them in. Kara-Murza, who was granted honorary Canadian citizenship in 2023 while imprisoned in Russia, is expected to visit Canada this fall to promote the proposal.

As of late 2024, U.S. immigration authorities had more than 3,500 Russian citizens on deportation lists, with rights groups warning that many face political persecution if returned. The Canadian government has yet to issue a public response.


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