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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& g* o4 n3 C! H+ u" F' SCALGARY — 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.

4 g! V0 o4 v9 P2 F3 E/ l; O! [+ \2 UAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

: k" F/ c; ~/ j7 e0 LThe 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 \' ^1 _0 |+ D  b% l+ wRight 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.

5 T9 u" R8 v5 N* `# l! ~7 S. B! 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.
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) D& @, `. k$ z& S  eIt’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.

But Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

2 H& m7 R1 D/ R0 u8 N“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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“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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- ?; Y: R. `5 |0 o& i# ^) eStelmach 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