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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  u# H, z: _. `# ~% \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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The rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

, J: G% s1 {# n5 a6 |; ]Right now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.
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& }* z( d. |9 h( _- N6 h+ qFederal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

8 _# m' T! G. l* M* gThe 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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, L7 K; H+ h5 SBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

9 C: f# \) o- x( ]; y, @“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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) Z; I! p( p$ \; w5 i+ ~0 e7 \/ v8 s“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.”

5 v8 t8 t# j& gStelmach 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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eric.zhang

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