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Your company has decided to increase its productivity for the next 5 years; you are tasked with locating secondary data that discusses the labor market in Canada. What does the data tell us about the labor market? Based on the secondary data you have found, what does this tell your employer about the Canadian labor market? Geography Canada (map). Sex Both sexes Age group 15 years and over Statistics Estimate Labour force characteristics Data type March 2022 April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 July 2022 Persons Seasonally PopulationS, 6 adjusted (x 31,626.9 31,663.2 31,706.0 31,745.3 31,782.2 1,000) Seasonally Labour force? adjusted (x 20,685.3 20,686.3 20,698.1 20,600.6 20,573.6 1,000) Seasonally Employment adjusted (x 19,585.2 19,600.5 19,640.3 19,597.1 19,566.5 1,000) Seasonally Full-time employment adjusted (x 15,928.8 15,897.2 16,032.6 16,028.6 16,015.5 1,000) Seasonally Part-time employment 10 adjusted (x 3,656.3 3,703.4 3,607.6 3,568.5 3,551.0 1,000) Seasonally Unemployment11 adjusted (x 1,100.2 1,085.8 1,057.8 1,003.5 1,007.1 1,000) Percentage Seasonally Unemployment rate12 adjusted 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.9 Participation rate13 Seasonally adjusted 65.4 65.3 65.3 64.9 64.7 Seasonally Employment rate 14 adjusted 61.9 61.9 61.9 51.7 61.6