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, g+ w {, f) g9 _5 qWE 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." $ C8 r! Z( }5 m+ s7 U3 w
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We must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians."
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WHY SELL NOW? 2 C% g3 _2 R+ m, W! x* i% U* K
" Y9 J. V8 }. v5 RIf 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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If I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010. % c c2 [6 A# E' M% z, S
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House prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase.
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We don't quite get it. $ b0 R) s- t+ Z4 U% i' o" e( j2 @' Z
* |& f/ i1 m$ B9 i" `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: $3 billion per project. % i0 V) l+ q5 ?0 b9 P2 q
3 o6 V2 g9 A' I, i* J, zEven with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website. 8 u$ ^2 ~: ~+ [, W+ s6 q
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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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; W# z4 `& p, cTradesmen 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. " N7 ^7 j4 ]' c' {: v
& e$ O9 w0 r0 c7 R# cEvery 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. % I. r9 S) K% u0 ?. X
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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