[lbo-talk] employment numbers, Canada & US

[John Mage]

today's employment numbers for November 2003 have approximately equal
numbers of new jobs added in Canada and the US (10X larger economy)!
"The economy created 54,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate
fell, Statistics Canada said..."
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031205.wbjobs21205/BNStory/Business/>

  "The nation's unemployment rate ticked down in November, the Labor
Department reported this morning, but employers added just 57,000
jobs..." <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/business/04CND-JOBS.html?hp>
and this with the loonie at US$0.77.
hunh?

john mage