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6 ^2 q- n% j# O Z5 W6 jWE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS
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6 }8 Z# G# J+ m- LDue to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks."
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3 o' T. B- F% w+ M" PWe must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians." 9 }& [) h/ o2 V3 }6 i
5 G a7 K6 v' lWHY SELL NOW? 0 K# R9 }& m: I, T5 j
1 s$ |1 \9 F- o1 \, M' IIf 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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7 b# }0 m. N# P, a5 rIf I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010.
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+ I& ?; d; ^& x( N% lHouse prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase.
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7 ?7 \& ]+ g6 O5 n% X; `# h/ C0 dWe don't quite get it.
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We're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world!
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' N& v* h5 a. h# ^& ]( bIn the oilsands, including mining projects and upgraders, the government lists 52 planned projects in its Inventory of Major Alberta Projects website. Average price: $3 billion per project.
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Even with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website.
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3 o# T* q! T* l9 P; KUpgraders and big oilsands mining projects each require workforces of 5,000 to 6,000 to build over a two-year period. , D. | j. G5 A
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Tradesmen will pour into northern Alberta over the foreseeable future. The numbers of expected newcomers range from 3,000 to 10,000 per year, with a multiplier effect all over the region.
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9 c& J, h0 c$ K% ^' REvery expert in the world says oil prices will not collapse, due to world-wide demand. The price might drop by $10 per barrel, but oil- sand operations can still make a profit at those levels.
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Stricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down. ! G- |- |3 m8 N, l3 _* R$ E- H
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And all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere.
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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