More foreign workers on the way

音响神仙鱼

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


3 j2 B, ^( _4 a* f* V+ DCALGARY — 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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& _& |, I8 y) s% [+ ~. q) PAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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. n$ y" ^0 u  O) E! t5 M0 uThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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0 F; @! A2 K9 ZRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.

Federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

/ Q9 ]: ^  [) K' D3 [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.
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8 ~% u" r3 t, `. `9 c$ [3 o9 m$ w  fIt’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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5 ?! }0 q& Z# M, nBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

! v% B8 z. m4 W) Z/ L- S“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.

: D$ ^9 k* a/ B0 E! Q: w" M+ L, R“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