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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8 L2 h8 ^# y" X- c8 _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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Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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) ?, b/ {1 U6 Z) I0 T/ I/ ^The rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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% v! H3 D' R# XRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.

/ I8 k, D8 ~& `9 B8 N7 hFederal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.
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6 A; |% D/ y1 D' y) x, L# }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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; s- Y7 g/ q& o9 F/ V. BBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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0 J9 D- Z( U/ A“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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) F2 Y( ~# X' C: I, a$ p( X“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.”

7 h" L8 X/ f7 l, B" Z. kStelmach 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