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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$ z9 S- m5 [0 D0 M9 F5 I( a9 ^0 WCALGARY — 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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" b# r: u: J) A4 JAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

1 C! E. @5 u# Y* i$ v1 O. 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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7 a: z' g# E& B0 _. T9 i+ uRight 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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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.
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/ F% N9 L% m1 D; e2 [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.

' n+ n* S+ G2 F1 W  BBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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1 [3 F0 \* V" P/ R“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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) h5 s7 C, Y% v2 J1 P8 \5 q+ 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.”

5 @& \3 Y9 s, @4 V! QStelmach 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