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.

0 m4 V3 @- [2 V6 [; K8 U2 fAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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# m( s9 h1 E+ ~5 D8 y  k  {The rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

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.

# ]) R8 B* ?5 I3 MThe 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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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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" k3 ~. I* Q5 O% N7 R  O; RBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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$ [9 w% h' l, Q. }' k+ v( o“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.

6 P) o$ I; y" o% [9 H“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