Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%.& m0 m! Y4 x7 l7 R0 \
Job losses were bigger than economists had been expecting." U% q& f4 k8 D% U8 A2 |7 s
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 p- p( E4 U7 ? _5 S# C
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 ' W8 \: g5 B! U& |' t2 x4 X4 V3 s
That was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high.! T8 R6 Y! F% k8 E, C* H* l
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。 4 a! c" @" G% H( F6 r1 M8 n0 S. ~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。 , ?& H1 C3 R" E; ]8 ?- IManitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged.8 z/ M" [! v6 i$ t- x& a