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5 n( d" W' v2 J' p' ?WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS / `5 o. ?& a5 g1 `* X/ P. H 
 
- `# O+ V, N1 D2 h7 k5 |3 IDue to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks." $ D7 b* `9 r: C% d1 I 
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We must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians." . ~% Y9 d. b9 w7 R. p; t  L7 V 
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WHY SELL NOW? , s6 p& p$ M1 ]$ X 
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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. ' t1 f+ \# V8 Y- t' i; U 
  
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If I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010. 6 T# |* I# V( v! o' s 
 
7 v: x* ]+ ?( cHouse prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase.  
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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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In the oilsands, including mining projects and upgraders, the government lists 52 planned projects in its Inventory of Major Alberta Projects website. Average price: $3 billion per project.  
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9 ~# L5 S! y: \. x( d% [; `! A5 }Even with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website. 6 _) A- q) N; X; h6 l 
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Upgraders and big oilsands mining projects each require workforces of 5,000 to 6,000 to build over a two-year period. & b$ t- e7 v5 g% r 
 
& K& h6 a: J; [. p% h2 {6 dTradesmen 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. & B5 O8 t  @) \2 a/ k9 ] 
 
7 R+ j4 G. M1 s& F' VEvery 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. . V& \+ D, g+ Q6 D0 Y# K 
 
# w% o2 L& C8 y- a" t& f& \Stricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down. * n* o. r  z, i! `0 k 
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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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