More foreign workers on the way

音响神仙鱼

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/05/13/4177280.html


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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+ L6 W" k1 O( RAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach says the agreement will cut red tape and give the province increased influence and control of immigration.

9 t5 G& ^7 A9 @The rise to 25,000 immigrant workers per year will happen over the next 10 years under the provincial nominee program.

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.
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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.

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.
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But Birjandian said Alberta’s often unaffordable housing remains a daunting hurdle for many newcomers.
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! I) e3 T9 v% I2 p' Z“For people coming in, it is a bigger issue for settling in,” he said.

& }3 p; n3 L' o“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.”

# t' l1 Q" ]5 n9 _* iStelmach 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