Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%. ! [. e4 \( c% D# w/ l/ hJob losses were bigger than economists had been expecting.1 f& _0 C* q; C* x* b
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. ' E0 F) D5 m) r3 b/ d7 T' x
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 ' A" A# e/ s0 w- a; d0 q7 ^
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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. 4 b- _' J+ t$ t, G( S6 Z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。 , b. Z' G: ?9 N. m- `3 c: T' 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。 % F$ h6 G5 |# r7 q+ hManitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged.% g. b; I, c1 G6 L3 b% J