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OTTAWA (AP) - Canada's jobless rate fell to 6.4 percent last month, its lowest level in 31 years, lending fuel to Prime Minister Paul Martin's federal election campaign.
Sound economic management is a key platform issue for Martin, who was a longtime finance minister before becoming Liberal leader two years ago. His minority government was toppled last week and he's gunning for votes in the Jan. 23 elections to elect a new House of Commons.
Not since December 1974 has the country's unemployment rate dropped as low as it reached last month, analysts said Friday.
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