More foreign workers on the way

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


8 F4 S9 E! v2 d2 g# D: E7 NCALGARY — 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.

. K2 ^9 W5 ?" v( p3 a8 z! w  [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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Right now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.
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Federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.

( w+ v- ]4 _5 y3 Z0 A9 qThe 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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7 j, |2 ^/ @$ U& f( Y* IIt’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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+ U, L0 d$ U7 I  f5 R“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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  J) c5 r, N/ M( Z& v“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.”

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....

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eric.zhang

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