A Statistics Canada report has found that Canadian workers who lost their jobs during the past two decades had a difficult time finding new positions, even though layoff rates were steady. The report noted, "while a worker's chances of losing his job did not rise substantially during the 1990s, in terms of hiring rates, his chances of finding a new job in the event of a layoff fell markedly." Workers were also found to be less likely to voluntarily leave their jobs.
See "Harder to find new job: Statscan", Terry Weber, The Globe and Mail, March 24, 2004