Job postings expose the U.S. and Canada’s shared employment misery

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The decline in help-wanted ads in the U.S. stands in contrast with job vacancy numbers published by the country's Bureau of Labour Statistics.

It’s no secret that Canada’s job market is struggling as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs weigh on hiring.

But despite Mr. Trump’s repeated claims about the strength of hiring south of the border, job markets in both countries are in the same deepening funk.

The past week has brought one grim headline after another about layoffs in the U.S. Three companies alone – Amazon.com Inc. , United Parcel Service Inc. and Target Corp. – said they were cutting nearly 70,000 positions combined.

Despite that, Mr. Trump boasted the U.S. economy is a job-creating powerhouse. “All new jobs created in America under my administration have been