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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Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

# b' Z9 e1 Q- r3 C- M5 O& o3 T, e" qThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

  Q3 L/ L: z: IRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.
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* k9 w4 M( g8 q& u, t7 Y( ^) \+ ?Federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.
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8 I2 ~5 J& G* p% S0 u  Q* M* ?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.

1 n% U- v4 [- |$ gIt’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.

5 w+ B1 v  h% D0 q  @3 K/ ?; eBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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) ~0 q; p- Y" }. `- e9 f. d; v$ E4 c2 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.”

: D7 h  |- z  ^  k7 pStelmach 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