Situation in Canada mirrors that in the United States
Figures compiled by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) from Statistics Canada show that, like their counterparts south of the border, Canadian men have been hardest hit by this economic downturn. In an article entitled “Canada’s He-cession,” authors Trish Hennessy and Armine Yalnizyan note that the recession has hit “mostly men of prime working age.”