Canada's spring recovery has surpassed the brightest forecasts of the experts. In the best pickup since recession's onset, unemployment declined from 516,000 in April to 366,000 in May, when only 6.1% of the working force was jobless (v. 7.2% in the U.S.).
The bounce-back stemmed from a combination of good luck and government help. Last year, when the economy was still riding high, hundreds of school boards and town councils voted to go ahead with building plans; work on schools, roads, city halls, sewers and hospitals got going in time to cushion...
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