I'll be more specific. Take, for example, a business that shut down two or two and a half years ago in Montmagny. About 50 older workers are no longer looking for work in that area because nothing has been offered to them. The first year, one 57 year-old man, in good shape, with a good trade, was only given one interview after 91 job applications. Therefore he stopped looking. However, he would have liked to have work. The only way for him to get work would have been to move to Montreal. At his age, he would have to sell everything, and so on. In Montmagny, there is therefore a pool of approximately 50 older workers who are able to work but are no longer looking for work. If I have understood correctly, they are not counted in the unemployment rate calculations.
On June 13th, 2006. See this statement in context.