More foreign workers on the way

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http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/05/13/4177280.html

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+ b3 [3 P+ z$ d( bCALGARY — An agreement between Alberta and the federal government will allow 25,000 foreign workers per year to come to the province to aid in its worker shortage.
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! F8 T9 r/ D( u  t  W! S  I* uAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

- P  K) Q# e5 K, x) uThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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5 o0 T, [  i" g" G: uRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.

Federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

3 y( B2 C6 y/ K( gThe pact gives Alberta the power to nominate more immigrants possessing skills needed in the province and also provides more resources to help them settle here.
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It’s a step in the right direction in breaking down time-consuming, frustrating barriers facing immigrants seeking to ply their skills here, said Fariboz Birjandian, chairman of the Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies.

But Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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- \) C& I( K% l1 D  I“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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2 i; p3 i+ k% d) k5 \% {“And we don’t want Calgary becoming a city where all the rich people live on one side and all the poor on the other.”
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3 s; v, k1 U0 g" J! I1 ]Stelmach said the province is giving $285 million in new money for affordable housing and is trying to tackle that problem.

音响神仙鱼

没看到原来新闻板已经有这新闻了, 还是翻译了的, 请斑主删除....

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没去看新闻版，还好你贴了出来。信息对我们太重要了。

eric.zhang

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