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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+ u' y! v4 K6 HCALGARY — 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 o+ F5 z8 S0 N- k& L' JAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

* c5 M4 E0 r! }) R3 R3 VThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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0 s* N$ g  I& h7 F+ F2 |4 i# rRight 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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# o5 f8 C2 q3 H- ~& M/ uThe 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.

! ~! R: D* X8 p, VIt’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.

# ^" u+ C7 y3 @0 L& [- W$ yBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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4 z! O* @1 ^. {2 \( [* E1 ~6 z. G“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.

, ~2 k' o' _  c3 r; d1 P4 e; J“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.”

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