# 14.3% youth unemployment: Why young Canadians are struggling to find work Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hub-podcasts-4932773/14-3-youth-unemployment-why-young-canadians-are-struggling-to-find-work Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hub-podcasts-4932773/14-3-youth-unemployment-why-young-canadians-are-struggling-to-find-work.md Podcast: [Hub Podcasts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hub-podcasts-4932773) Published: 2026-05-11T17:47:19+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/hub-podcasts/episodes/143-youth-unemployment-why-young-canadians-are-struggling-to Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69cc1a3992d007a7658eee4e/e/6a02162992e9663a6f977267/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hub-podcasts-4932773/episodes/14-3-youth-unemployment-why-young-canadians-are-struggling-to-find-work Duration seconds: 975 ## Resource Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Statistics Canada's latest labour force survey, which shows that full-time employment fell by 47,000 in April, pushing the unemployment rate to 6.9 percent and youth unemployment to 14.3 percent. They examine these recent trends, especially their impact on younger Canadians, and question whether current immigration levels remain appropriate given AI's disruption of entry-level employment. They also explore the disconnect between immigration policy and economic realities, arguing for a more formulaic approach that responds to labour market conditions rather than political considerations. The Hub is Canada’s fastest-growing independent digital news outlet. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada Subscribe to The Hub’s podcast feed to get our best content when you are on the go: https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)  https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)   Want more Hub? Get a FREE 3-month trial membership on us: https://thehub.ca/free-trial/ Follow The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en   CREDITS: Elia Gross - Producer & Editor Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer - Hosts Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press - Photo Credit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hub-podcasts-4932773/episodes/14-3-youth-unemployment-why-young-canadians-are-struggling-to-find-work/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/hub-podcasts-4932773/14-3-youth-unemployment-why-young-canadians-are-struggling-to-find-work.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.