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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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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5 B2 |" g+ @% B" l/ k2 ~Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

9 F* l+ T5 a: D6 Z9 a8 UThe 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.

0 c& t% x2 K6 n0 K- T# {4 @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.

% M) ?4 ?8 A& Z5 C8 X) B7 K" l+ R1 sIt’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.

: a& Y' e: |6 PBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.

; K$ ], W1 z9 \- w2 r9 n, U“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.”

: F* a6 M! y% g6 fStelmach 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