More foreign workers on the way

音响神仙鱼

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


# h0 _, r& I) `) `( ^* ~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.

; w% q- H3 ~4 r' A: j7 {Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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- [& `& N1 V( I, R) n/ oThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

+ V# R# t6 R9 c% y7 PRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.

; ^2 A$ F0 Z3 }. p. g- X. |Federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

( r2 V7 I9 q: \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.

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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3 n& Z/ L: R1 x# O" _" A0 B- zBut 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.
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, A% Q, y8 ^4 J# x4 A6 E. E“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