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ECONOMIC RENEWAL--INCREASE OF 2,000 JOBS PROMISING ----------------------------------------------------------------- An improvement in the province's July employment figures is good to hear, said Economic Renewal Minister Richie Mann. Statistics Canada reported today that, in actual terms, 2,000 more Nova Scotians were working in July than we're employed in June. The unemployment rate also dropped in every region of the province last month. Halifax, with an unemployment rate of 8.4 per cent, has one of the lowest unemployment rates among Canada's major centres. "It's encouraging to see these figure. We know that companies are coming to Nova Scotia and they're bringing jobs," Mr. Mann said. "The Pictou shipyard is reopening and we're adding hundreds of information technology jobs." The minister made the comment despite seasonally adjusted figures that show an unexplained increase in people leaving the workforce. Mr. Mann said it's puzzling that the seasonally adjusted number show 9,000 people just dropped out. "Looking around, has any Nova Scotian seen that many people laid off? It just doesn't add up," Mr. Mann said. "We know that the overall trend is up." In Nova Scotia, from May 1994 to June 1996, 23,000 jobs have been added. -30- Contact: Steve Warburton 902-424-8922 trp August 09, 1996 - 3:40 p.m.