More foreign workers on the way

音响神仙鱼

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


3 j2 R9 r1 a( @2 R/ K; v& N2 @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: [3 W3 ], ]1 {( Q  I. k! dAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

% f3 J# y1 _: [1 hThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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- r  W+ N  t  j$ WRight 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.

( @* Y! R2 |  P- s0 i& g, XBut 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.

. a3 x  \' F1 ]- H  r“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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* I: c: Q5 d( l/ ~3 A6 DStelmach 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