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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0 e0 X/ q  A1 {% d5 _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.

0 K2 Q, p, X. E; }- i( {! y: BAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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& O7 d1 ~4 j2 F& o: yThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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. {5 t) k( e/ [/ |& h: W/ o& lRight 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.
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; w" @. G' e1 I  O! C3 \* LThe 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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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.
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: J$ e: z8 L* X: B: ^, L- I5 Q# pBut 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.
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“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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( s7 p& p, z; s. I. c3 VStelmach 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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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