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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" _! u; |( Q0 y6 fCALGARY — 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.

, P( c8 w( a  [# L0 c9 tAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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; s$ p; r0 }  L2 {The rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

9 I( e1 D5 o# n& m# v, c# n/ }  w* uRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.

5 d, t( ]  A( p2 N, o& U6 u. HFederal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

3 h- y$ Q0 Z- Q6 r! @9 i" TThe 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.

8 H3 e/ Y9 U0 K- w, t% ^" HIt’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.
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( C* M6 ^/ t. S+ T  N' }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.”
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0 k0 L0 K" }, I/ q' w: AStelmach 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