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. , x/ g( b: S1 x% Y上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 # t- D9 c1 V. I' T# ~5 q % e% k7 o% o s* o m }That was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high. 6 q3 u8 T6 B- ~# m k1 h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。 9 k8 j; v# s# X" Z2 F( X
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。( |& i& t# N, g& G% e9 Y" F
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged.2 B, p% s$ F0 g' M, Y, r