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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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.

, t! h$ ^2 ^& p! h+ ~0 w$ |  aAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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1 i7 o8 R# X. Q8 a. F8 T; gThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

+ @4 x) \5 ^4 h/ Z5 nRight 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.

4 u# ^  y# {: ^8 W6 L3 }4 LBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

5 s% e; D8 s2 w0 H. x“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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5 l' T$ L8 L+ M. |“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