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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( D1 }6 H2 K! [' u$ F$ B0 K2 @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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Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

) c* _* K  [* D  pThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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8 M9 D9 o1 C" I" T: pRight now, 2,500 workers per year come under the program.
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- Y2 w/ y' j$ f7 }* o( @Federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley said the changes will be noticed by people offering their skills to Canada.
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8 {6 K% E/ @, P7 p7 k6 bThe 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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4 Y" ]( e2 v. C7 A7 NIt’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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( _5 O# t; q5 \: ?, r# kBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.

& ~: a, |6 s$ f6 M, C; t4 Y“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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; z  X( ^# K7 x3 f) c0 Y2 k“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.”

3 s: \$ T# s% B4 k7 m: _+ 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