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7 G# N" k: t9 EWE 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." F2 W. s: y$ i5 G8 N `
* H: \' Q3 @ h5 a* @6 o5 U$ W4 TWe must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians."
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WHY SELL NOW?
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8 k& Q& s; ^2 y$ |; W) k/ I3 v, CIf 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. ) B0 V2 m% ~& h0 ~4 w; {+ |
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( A% N5 f5 P% y" sIf I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010. & E2 h+ g# {" D$ ]
/ N4 N% l( x, ]House prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase. / e" Q6 M0 k; p7 G% F, H3 O
8 E& u' j' O" n) c& z- f0 C* R5 I2 ^We 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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( v' r0 H u) n+ [ E3 x& B: \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. 2 X) a9 J: ~4 D& Z8 f
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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. 3 e" z1 m# q5 r: N
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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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* U7 W# K, C; U. `8 xTradesmen 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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% I) r4 B `- _0 M; `( Y& ]Every expert in the world says oil prices will not collapse, due to world-wide demand. The price might drop by $10 per barrel, but oil- sand operations can still make a profit at those levels. ) C0 h# ]' s; B( I7 ^: B
/ [# X# g4 C2 K' a4 x# dStricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down. - s7 @7 b6 d" _
/ I u* ]' |' ^* BAnd all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere. 5 } s2 S3 z! r$ s( b8 l5 \
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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