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Labour Force Survey (Apr.)

April's surprising 58,200 gain in employment, which follows an almost equally impressive gain in the prior month (see chart), is welcomed news given the unusually weak figures that preceded it. Further increases anywhere near these magnitudes would certainly be a convincing sign that Canada's economy is faring better.

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