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- x' ]2 v* ~" B+ Q6 MWE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS - F6 `# ]8 E: _5 p
. P/ G: G, w2 n. o( iDue to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks."
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: R' K6 M6 \) eWe must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians."
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+ h& U8 v$ t' O6 M- j! |0 YWHY SELL NOW? 5 j9 b) L4 d/ |( Z" X# 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. ( W/ j: U) E/ b" G% B5 a% B; c
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3 }7 L& R7 ^- V+ MIf I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010. 9 \: E+ y) K7 ~- H0 F, N& Z
. _9 ]& G, |) J l4 B& dHouse prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase.
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' T, g0 R+ n0 _# H bWe don't quite get it. * f- G% V! C- Y m% l4 x3 c: ]& c
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We're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world! / q% V3 p/ H" z6 x8 N9 ^
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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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; R8 e, Q, s1 _( }2 g+ R, H: ]5 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. ! O- R7 a7 e& R* C* t
8 Z2 A; D0 b8 e& JUpgraders 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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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. " m! b n! O r- c. X) j- I
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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.
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Stricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down.
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And all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere. % Y3 q; w+ i/ B% L+ ~ l% `. a) }
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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