More foreign workers on the way

音响神仙鱼

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


5 h! x. f/ G( J# d/ hCALGARY — 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.
* a2 I8 \9 ~9 u, X$ Q
; ?  @9 ~) |. G# {8 n2 f4 PAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
0 n" M# P8 H& S+ O7 M8 Q; c0 Z) d
+ e2 t3 L7 ]8 b2 AThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
# L9 L3 R; y5 [9 j( f
Right now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.
. G9 f$ L0 }; y3 Z/ ~8 e& b. ~5 h
Federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.
/ I- c" ~% T% T) x, F
; f4 r* m: `, n- Q- g+ H0 LThe 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.
2 D4 L; u6 z; D0 Y' y8 m
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.
6 P  s9 q" C7 A, S1 ?$ S/ @, B
1 C3 m4 }  j, K) A3 y- W1 `But Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.

“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.”

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....

今天闲着

没去看新闻版，还好你贴了出来。信息对我们太重要了。

eric.zhang

让外劳潮来的更猛烈些吧