I did not have a lot of time to do a whole lot of analysis tonight, but I did collect some info that may be of interest. Here are the newest releases for variety of tasks created:

Release DateFor MonthActual Expected
12/1/2006November-0622,000 12,000
11/3/2006October-0651,000 18,000
10/6/2006September-0616,00017,500
9/8/2006August-06-16,000 20,000
8/4/2006July-06 -5,500 25,000
7/7/2006June-06 -4,600 10,000
6/9/2006May-06 97,000 20,000
5/5/2006April-06 22,000 15,000

And attached I have a chart that visually shows the difference between expected and actual. I received this data from an Ikon econ calendar and the CAD stats web page, links below:

http://67.29.176.150/news/nnews/CalendarOfTheWeek.asp?

http://www.statcan.ca/menu-en.htm