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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* w& O2 I/ h3 k; a1 y# ~Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

) v" L3 v9 {9 F9 hThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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; g' g2 u) S( [* I* Q$ E' K2 tRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.
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( r9 g& N; L2 `, H& t! w3 N5 LFederal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

6 K9 l! t8 ~. l2 `The 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.

) t8 k9 l. @4 T3 V% `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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+ R( b. f# N& r9 l$ CBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

( ?8 A4 j5 @* n: [$ w, L“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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8 w, d( o& P, i9 Z0 V7 F“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....

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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

让外劳潮来的更猛烈些吧