Alberta lost nearly 15,000 jobs last month and its jobless rate jumped 4/10ths of a percentage point to 7.0 per cent, as the oil-related slump continued to take a toll. * k1 r, D7 E, I Z/ I6 F
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 3 f7 s u7 Z. f4 I1 V9 V3 n- A1 i3 a2 L5 v. _! U p
That was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high.1 e! P5 N& \) g S: z
阿省是重灾区,在全国所有省中‘独占鳌头’,全国3万6人中, 阿省一个省就占1万5。但阿省人口占全国人口10%多一点。 7 c a) ]0 r) l E这种情况的出现是理所当然的。
从分布看, 主要是能源大省灾情严重, 非能源大省没有多少变化。 , l( X N- t+ l, K1 T; WManitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged. 0 H6 n2 c4 E( Z/ F) u