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WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS ) L" I+ D5 o4 R3 W, |' g
5 f- j* H4 n( z# N, wDue to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks." ; J4 c* a8 X! a7 q) I, ^
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We must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians."
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WHY SELL NOW? , T$ c: l2 @' W0 W& A2 I
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If 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.
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If I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010. . g7 A7 R: d6 s# J0 _! l
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House prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase.
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We don't quite get it. - z7 |& T: r1 u, Y% R9 r1 v, k* l9 j
1 r0 F' i) I3 m* R6 h3 gWe're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world!
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! j5 g4 n z2 S) G& ?& }In the oilsands, including mining projects and upgraders, the government lists 52 planned projects in its Inventory of Major Alberta Projects website. Average price: $3 billion per project.
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: n% j8 {8 t. {Even with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website.
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( T# X6 z2 b+ [9 I3 D: QUpgraders and big oilsands mining projects each require workforces of 5,000 to 6,000 to build over a two-year period. : ^+ z) a$ H( V- i1 k' g
9 k* b0 @) V. |8 h/ E0 jTradesmen 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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/ d3 e/ |0 s! E, L7 Q4 W. q. UEvery 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. % l* P8 A; _0 L1 d2 _
$ Y, q5 X' d4 }, w& M& w8 x7 {# K( RStricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down.
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6 a6 e* D& k0 H( gAnd all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere.
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. b& p$ _4 e7 A9 ]' }/ eHouse prices will go nowhere but up. |
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