Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%. ( M$ D) j! \) V1 B6 ?Job losses were bigger than economists had been expecting.: R6 \" U4 c4 ~. t: h/ `
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. 8 {% \" `# E( i) [: T4 }$ O上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 % p- k* k8 S! w$ V' J0 B. [ Q 5 K0 K1 u2 ~/ x# _) z7 UThat was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high. . H& a. Q$ W* z* ?2 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。 ) n* h7 w0 y6 O( U( x t( ~4 v
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。5 |7 Z6 J5 K" A/ H+ U- J& x
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged.* a$ v! j. v" p a