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.

4 P: c* p6 |& E% HAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.
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8 |9 `" R0 J$ C: f. v# y& MThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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  ?  n$ G; `0 m" D8 ?Right now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.

% n, x% z% _/ N7 m$ O) ?. z4 GFederal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.
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# w  D3 y) X+ F  zThe 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.

' Z0 O8 q+ ~$ a5 @2 EBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

+ ]& o5 u7 \: e7 M, h  }1 u“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.

* _: ^! e  Z. d* {6 x) V“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....

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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