Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for their presence and testimony today.
I have several questions for Statistics Canada officials.
Ms. Bégin and Mr. Dale, thank you for being here. Either one of you can answer me.
First of all, Mr. Dale, I appreciated your comment. It is something we should also think about when we talk about job vacancies. There cannot be a single explanation for the notion of vacancies or for labour shortages, because they can be either structural or organizational for various reasons. Even if there are overall statistics, the means and solutions cannot, in our opinion, be the same for each activity sector. Your research is important.
Ms. Bégin, in the second paragraph of your presentation, it reads: “Job vacancies in the fourth quarter rose 80% compared with pre-pandemic levels, reflecting broad based increases across [...] industrial sectors.”
Do you have disaggregated data to share with us?
You mention an overall increase of 80%, but which industrial sectors are you talking about?
Do you have data broken down by province or territory?