Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%.2 o$ w6 h3 _3 I8 p8 Y! g& B
Job losses were bigger than economists had been expecting.5 N8 r3 _; a$ c, ?! M+ ^" I' Q
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. 5 I7 }0 k7 N' i) K" `2 m) r
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 ; j. \8 R/ ~6 U7 Z
8 o; z& j4 M1 s. wThat was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high.# o" ^" q( `) J
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。 * u/ k4 e( d1 R. `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' V& ^/ @4 l
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged. ) E4 i( Q a" i