The percentage of self-employed Canadians is the lowest it’s been in almost 35 years, while public sector employment is at its highest percentage in nearly 30—and neither trend bodes well for the economy. Just 2.6 million Canadians identified as self-employed in October, according to Statistics Canada. This is a 10.8 percent drop from the peak level of around 2.92 million in September 2019. Self-employed workers’ current share of 13.6 percent of total employment (19.16 million) has not been this low since July 1987. Those statistics come as no surprise to Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) senior vice president Corinne Pohlmann. “It’s not surprising at all. We also know that over half of our members, 53 percent in a survey we’ve done quite recently, said that they would not recommend other people start a business right now. So that can give you some sense of how hard it is,” Pohlman said …