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. $ f4 _* d9 W+ B9 w
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 6 u) ~2 C. h( c" q3 n2 r
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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.8 f. v* U B* M9 S9 }* |
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 W& T$ U+ J; r3 O: c" i
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。3 A9 |+ P( Y- ^0 @* x' {. {1 ]
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged. 6 G% Y% a- T) Y