UNCLEAR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT MEASURING AND REPORTING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT IN CANADA

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In 2010 Mr. Chisholm met David McGuinty, M.P., and talked with him about raising some questions with certain people in the federal government.

As a result, on September 20^th 2010 David McGuinty wrote to then-Minister for Industry Tony Clement about Mr. Chisholm’s unease and concerns over the way things were being done, enclosing Mr. Chisholm's list of questions and concerns.

In the latter document the important parts are shown in red font. (In the original that was sent out, these were in black font)

Mr. Chisholm and David McGuinty M.P. had a reply from Tony Clement dated December 22^nd 2010.

Mr. Chisholm told David McGuinty at the time that he thought it was un-clear because it did not answer some key questions.

It did not, for instance, explain the basis for assuming that some people had actually “…ceased looking for work for various reasons” - and allowing the media to report just this or something similar, without any comment. Mr. Chisholm’s own analysis of what Tony Clement said is HERE.

These were serious questions – and they did not get specific and serious answers.

Questions? Comments? E-mail Robert T. Chisholm, Associate Member OSPE, at attention_to_the_facts@hotmail.com

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