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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: @% G0 x! {/ R9 `8 BCALGARY — 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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, z6 Y3 B% ]/ _5 Q  G' Y- R' i- ~7 IAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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. }* E9 B5 H8 G( VThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

" ~# W9 f( W8 kRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.
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+ o2 S, N1 {1 u* u# OFederal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

3 i9 P" t- r) q) B( ~" V/ \5 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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$ Y7 C' u5 w% w  z, h0 }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.

5 R+ X# S- O% n( e7 I“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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5 e3 k, c6 p( VStelmach 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