Small businesses were having a hard time staffing stores and the like. For a short period 2021 to maybe early 2023. It's definitely not the case now. Unemploym

Small businesses were having a hard time staffing stores and the like. For a short period 2021 to maybe early 2023. It's definitely not the case now. Unemployment is way up. Which I suspect is a combination of factors (slowing economy & tariffs) not just immigration. But yes, Canadian governments work for employers, not workers. Just like any other advanced capitalist country. There is an expectation that there's a "natural" unemployment rate in this country around 6%, and they freak out if it goes much lower than that. In general, when regular people are complaining about inflation they're complaining about their groceries. When you hear businesses and governments concerned about inflation .. they mean they're stressed out because minimum wage employees are demanding some basic respect that employers feel they shouldn't have to provide...