Canada’s economy lost 84,000 jobs in February, unemployment rate ticked up to 6.7%

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Canada’s economy lost 84,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate edged up to 6.7 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday, a setback for the labour market and one of the worst monthly job losses seen in years outside of the pandemic.