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- {' b9 \) ~3 h7 dDue to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks." 7 n$ n; S3 ~8 ^1 b3 _3 k* [0 C
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We must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians."
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WHY SELL NOW?
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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. . d! h" K4 _# W
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If I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010. $ Y& b2 E) W- \1 _
% I0 k0 T. p N4 r% ~House prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase.
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) T8 q3 V6 W, G; z2 bWe don't quite get it.
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& j, S8 M; v' E3 B) VWe'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: $3 billion per project. 4 L- N4 E U6 v
) q7 }3 m6 L @+ Y2 g' X- qEven with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website. 0 J& o1 a) j; g$ t, I8 g
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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. 3 { M/ X" R; M8 M
; B. _% G$ A/ ~1 wTradesmen 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. 1 M6 O1 D6 A" _2 |
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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. * M# F1 B5 f% n
0 f" F+ }/ ]4 r+ z6 q% L* v6 ~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. : s4 R: S" N& C3 _9 b& o; f/ g3 X9 t
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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