More foreign workers on the way

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


0 ^6 {" v6 L$ a; T% Q/ `7 yCALGARY — 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.

2 f9 U, N/ N( H  b8 lAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

  w) R  W) t! {' J, L* eThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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/ G1 r1 B4 c2 u6 S4 e* I+ ~5 zRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.
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1 r1 E' ?/ ]) i% T# x! s' HFederal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

- {+ V; q) Y3 E6 @6 o2 T3 f9 h3 OThe 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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, n" o) u, l# g( R) p/ `9 VIt’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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But Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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1 @0 q! u( ~" R1 n“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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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