Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%. 8 g3 s$ g- Q, G' h" f* p LJob losses were bigger than economists had been expecting.+ I* r7 W6 F7 A6 w* b
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. 0 s3 k p" i$ p/ Y上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 E+ D( @) l. @4 C6 }
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That was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high. * n% Y, H9 h! c! D" X( p9 E8 f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。 8 N4 X' _. D3 Y3 |9 {5 r9 N0 ]0 m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。8 E, R" `. }. N3 c7 I
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged. 2 c& ? y( O' `- C& g