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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: A& G9 M5 J3 }6 mCALGARY — 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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. N: `! u4 M+ Z% f! M" VAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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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.

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.

2 i) @6 J9 J) h7 d! {! Q0 {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.

# Z' T6 x, O6 K7 ~1 GBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.

4 p6 {# L1 q* }! {: n. A“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.”

/ P0 t7 X8 f0 R8 R) o% ]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