More foreign workers on the way

音响神仙鱼

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


% y- i3 A' u! Q: x! c, O% M6 qCALGARY — 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.

  Q  J! J0 ~* r* qAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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( r9 x3 H1 n9 Z- M# S, T$ E+ a3 o  o1 hThe 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.

1 v1 _/ h7 Y5 T: K9 G* oFederal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.
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: |4 s# d$ D1 d2 C4 N5 zThe 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.

( P# ^" ]5 _/ w6 QBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

, k, ]- o5 h  N6 [2 W! Y“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