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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; \" L; t% S7 m7 u/ v$ uCALGARY — 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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$ b9 a1 A6 h: V4 P5 CAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

) ~( }; W5 i$ ?; o' dThe rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.
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Right 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.

6 @6 ~$ e9 U0 Q' M6 e* l, 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.

( Z: L1 }$ a; m0 x- r( i( cIt’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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; W4 J8 {$ D: x9 SBut Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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/ O; W4 k4 r+ q2 k  n  e“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.
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" X1 c; H# U5 y! I. u4 {% P“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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* L8 P# B1 `, C+ a' t/ N+ E& }# kStelmach 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