The federal government legalized marijuana in 2017. Before this change Statistics Canada would have considered people...

The federal government legalized marijuana in 2017. Before this change Statistics Canada would have considered people who made their living growing and selling marijuana for recreational use to be -

a)not in the labour force b)employed full time c)employed part time d)not legally entitled to work in Canada c)unemployment

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Option A not in labor force

Measurement of the underground economy is difficult because, by definition, its activities are not included in any government records. Its size may be extrapolated from sample surveys and tax audits or estimated from national accounting and labour force statistics. Because the underground economy is sensitive to fluctuations in global and national economies, its size is subject to change, growing in times of recession, for example, or shrinking in response to increased penalties for tax evasion.

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