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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CALGARY — 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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: C% L9 h& [+ tAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

0 ]( U, p% R4 Z( o: LThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

( D4 e: e7 r. D* ~Right now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.
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Federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

8 f5 i$ @  g) R! CThe 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.

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.
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" c# n& X1 a, I. h  T: lBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

& ]. u! [5 }) j6 {2 M+ w9 ]“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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“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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  H1 y1 Z/ E+ `8 z% B' W* WStelmach 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