Summary: Canada gain 55K net new jobs. Majority of those jobs were with manufacturing and construction. Both those sectors have skills gap issues that need to be address. The goods-producing sector continues to trail other sectors over the past 6 years in terms of job growth. Canada should be a world leader in sustainable forestry, mining, energy production. Those sectors pay 30-40% more than the service sector. Canada like many countries is heading back to an era of big government. Government jobs are nearly 22% of the total employment. More and more jobs are being automated. All levels of government need to work better with private sector to ensure youth today have the skills of today and tomorrow. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220107/dq220107a-eng.htm 1. Employment - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220107/dq220107a-eng.htm 2. Career outlook – https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinryan/2022/01/05/2022-career-predictions-you-need-to-know-about/?sh=194e5b922f36 3. Wages and Employment - https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-10358461/Top-10-paying-jobs-2022-revealed.html 4. Jobs and wages - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-charts-jobs/ 5. Big government - https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/kudlow-america-we-love-will-not-accept-big-government-socialism 6. Guarantee Income - https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/pilot-basic-guaranteed-income-program-203000058.html 7. Skills gaps - https://fortune.com/2022/01/06/american-businesses-need-to-invest-in-tech-education-skills-gap-labor-shortage-verizon-csr-rose-stuckey-kirk/ 8. Hybrid - https://freedom.to/blog/a-new-era-of-work-2022/ 9. RPA - https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/1/4-robotic-process-automation-rpa-trends-watch-2022 10. Construction sector - https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/economic/2022/01/u-s-canadian-construction-industries-move-into-2022-at-differing-pace