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. / n) f8 @" L, D" ~' W上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 8 I% Z0 m8 F! z
+ g: `" D/ e0 {5 Z5 h6 ?
That was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high. ; d6 f- z& y x9 p* u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。 + n1 g, @- U# x: v: a- V1 a6 \
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。 0 M5 q# l8 \) f; x* I8 fManitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged.' e& f0 U+ b1 z. }3 |