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# ^2 b0 I0 V7 B5 N0 @WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS
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Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks." 5 `- W) a" h9 O3 R* Q) B
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We must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians." 2 X* T* t) e5 g& \8 J
/ m; h! {8 |& o! B% f9 kWHY SELL NOW? - b( k/ P3 h2 C7 c
. p. l) u9 C p3 M: {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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+ l* `# l1 i9 AIf I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010.
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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. 2 o: D, x7 }$ t6 G9 [
8 J7 j3 U1 `7 x/ ^& | X. b! IWe're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world!
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In the oilsands, including mining projects and upgraders, the government lists 52 planned projects in its Inventory of Major Alberta Projects website. Average price: $3 billion per project.
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Even with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website.
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Upgraders and big oilsands mining projects each require workforces of 5,000 to 6,000 to build over a two-year period.
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8 a, H. i2 O9 o ]1 q$ _Tradesmen 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. # q+ O, G* K2 L" d, G5 @# } q
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Stricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down. 4 T! j/ g. }7 H8 e/ S6 Y
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And all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere. % x5 H% q+ x% x) Q4 V# H
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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