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I have previously written about the April 2009 Labour Force Survey.  According to the CLC, "many Canadian workers were forced to turn to self-employment in April 2009 as a means of surviving the economic crisis".  They have done so because they "can't find jobs or get Employment Insurance".  And there are renewed calls for EI reform, which I get.

Why use the word "forced"?  I don't want to get into semantics, but for some people (not all) the better word might be "chose".  Possibly a choice through circumstance, but choice nonetheless (Going it Alone in Recessionary Times?). Small businesses can become great success stories (again, not all, but some).  I suspect that out of this recession will come some really innovative companies, products and services that we might not have seen had the economy kept chugging along at the pre-recessionary pace.  Have a read of Why Small Companies Will Win in This Economy:

(I get that the article speaks to "small companies" not necessarily "self-employed" but, who knows, today's self-employed is tomorrows small company and then, who knows?).

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