More foreign workers on the way

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


4 }& k8 j4 K6 d' o+ j% b0 ~0 U1 rCALGARY — 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.
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. {0 a( U7 t& u( D& \& jThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

* m0 T$ D9 I. a) l0 o5 kRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.
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7 F# g. D2 ^8 ]3 a! C" e/ T4 IFederal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

3 h# z! G6 H) Q, o6 D7 q& K% pThe 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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, m0 E' o) J& L/ [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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. ]) c/ O; G3 A% L  T. kBut 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.

+ K" V4 v: G) ^% {$ A3 G“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....

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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