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November 27, 2017

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8 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 November 27, 2017 ARBITRATION AWARDS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 6.3 PER CENT, OCTOBER 2017 Labour force (000s) Employment (000s) Unemployment (000s) Unemployment rate (%) Change from previous month (%) Newfoundland and Labrador 262.5 224.3 38.1 14.5 down 0.6 Prince Edward Island 80.9 72.6 8.3 10.3 up 0.8 Nova Scotia 490.2 447.6 42.6 8.7 down 0.3 New Brunswick 384.9 354.9 30 7.8 unchanged Quebec 4,517.8 4,242.8 275.1 6.1 up 0.1 Ontario 7,628.1 7,177.3 450.8 5.9 up 0.3 Manitoba 683.7 647.9 35.8 5.2 down 0.3 Saskatchewan 599.3 564.1 35.1 5.9 down 0.3 Alberta 2,483.2 2,290.6 192.6 7.8 down 0.1 British Columbia 2,594.2 2,467.2 127 4.9 unchanged All Canada Age 15 to 24 2,769.3 2,461.5 307.8 11.1 up 0.8 25 to 54 12,772.7 12,082.9 689.8 5.4 down 0.2 55+ 4,182.8 3,945.1 237.8 5.7 up 0.3 25+, men 8,930.9 8,414.6 516.3 5.8 unchanged 25+, women 8,024.7 7,613.4 411.3 5.1 unchanged Total 19,724.9 18,489.4 1,235.4 6.3 up 0.1 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, OCTOBER 2017 October 2017 (2002=100) % change from October 2016 Newfoundland and Labrador 136.1 0.9 Prince Edward Island 133.5 1.2 Nova Scotia 132.8 0.9 New Brunswick 131.4 1.5 Quebec 127.2 1 Ontario 132.3 1.3 Manitoba 131.4 1.5 Saskatchewan 135.4 2 Alberta 137.6 1.3 British Columbia 125.6 2 Data retrieved from Statistics Canada CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 1.4 PER CENT, OCTOBER 2017 (1992=100) 2016 (1992=100) 2017 (2002=100) 2016 (2002=100) 2017 January 150.9 154.1 126.8 129.5 February 151.3 154.4 127.1 129.7 March 152.2 154.7 127.9 129.9 April 152.7 155.2 128.3 130.4 May 153.3 155.3 128.8 130.5 June 153.7 155.2 155.2 130.4 July 153.4 155.3 128.9 130.4 August 153.2 155.4 128.7 130.5 September 153.3 155.6 128.8 130.8 October 153.7 155.8 129.1 130.9 November 153.1 128.6 December 152.8 128.1 Annual Average 150.9 126.8 Average Annual increase 2% 2% October 2016 to October 2017 1.4% 1.4% October 2017 (1986=100) 237.5 199.5 October 2017 (1981=100) 314.7 264.4 October 2017 (1971=100) 745.5 626.3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 PROVINCES, OCTOBER 2017 % change from October 2016 128.8 130.5 155.2 130.4 128.9 130.4 128.7 130.5 128.8 130.8 129.1 130.9 128.6 128.1 126.8 2% 1.4% 199.5 264.4 626.3

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