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WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS $ I. R% ^+ Y; o2 |7 p) p6 I! e. t
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Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks."
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We must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians."
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WHY SELL NOW? " s, q4 C; N# Z& X) U3 Z5 ]
" H5 i# y1 h% lIf I didn't own a house in Edmonton, I'd buy right now, with the current 10% dip in prices that have doubled in the past three years. - ^. X! N2 }8 ?8 c: P. l
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If I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010. 7 t0 G* ]+ o b! P6 S+ k
& f1 [( A+ b% k. U! }; j9 T- NHouse prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase.
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We don't quite get it.
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+ ?3 `$ S8 e8 g8 N. B( {7 rWe're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world! ! K' k7 T7 _' U
" n3 C) o! e5 ]7 C8 a& O+ O$ z+ RIn the oilsands, including mining projects and upgraders, the government lists 52 planned projects in its Inventory of Major Alberta Projects website. Average price: $3 billion per project.
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$ R% G" E! y" t* G/ q$ c& U# nEven with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website.
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Upgraders and big oilsands mining projects each require workforces of 5,000 to 6,000 to build over a two-year period.
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# x! ?' ]# U. c+ f( ZTradesmen will pour into northern Alberta over the foreseeable future. The numbers of expected newcomers range from 3,000 to 10,000 per year, with a multiplier effect all over the region.
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Every expert in the world says oil prices will not collapse, due to world-wide demand. The price might drop by $10 per barrel, but oil- sand operations can still make a profit at those levels. 5 |1 \" P2 r5 Q3 D$ [: N! u
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Stricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down. / t: |( ^. j- S
2 ]+ {7 D6 j& mAnd all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere. 0 N# M6 {% C, z& l. l9 u
; Y0 r5 b0 s; lHouse prices will go nowhere but up. |
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