More foreign workers on the way

音响神仙鱼

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/05/13/4177280.html
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! c1 C3 \4 @. E! U: M2 N+ i+ Y% 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.
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5 N. P1 ]5 ~: y8 [9 c' oAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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4 M4 v) @" Q  Y( R3 fThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

% d8 y6 E7 s! t+ z# L" G9 iRight 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.
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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.

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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But Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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2 k* G" J: Q/ J. x/ ?! I* @* ~$ F: D“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.

9 E) x$ b1 J  o4 t“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