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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' {4 b7 }+ b! Y+ q+ [& J6 X9 n- jAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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8 X0 W! `% e7 G3 K! r9 o/ y- MThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

9 ^4 _- K/ p' I3 m2 V8 U# M4 FRight 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.
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" N) `+ U3 \+ b& U; qThe 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.

6 z2 X+ V+ B# H9 h' i# kIt’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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' [; x. w" U; [1 }8 a# o5 }But 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.

“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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% t- F; b5 Z6 {  Q+ B# ^- Z: Y* _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