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+ [1 _ `$ `2 G7 [WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS # X2 i2 q; s, i, N) l1 z
# j# h0 T7 _ a* O0 A1 v' J v( VDue to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks." - }& O$ @8 W& v% z. F1 o2 B
$ B+ \! F' J# A& R5 @; V# NWe must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians." ( p" a, ~- V3 {# L
2 L2 j' C+ I, x5 J2 t, r Y* v# JWHY 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. 6 E0 F0 l9 A) a
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% B. K7 ]; ~4 B8 D6 bIf I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010.
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4 l$ n4 F) e; C3 n8 y$ PHouse prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase. / y' P: o1 W0 J. G( c- O
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We don't quite get it. ) R3 M" X; }8 U! P
; ^ m& Y7 Z6 B' g1 bWe'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: $3 billion per project. + ?. Z$ p0 N: M! U6 ^6 B, D( {6 E
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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. , R/ V9 d4 R) P; r$ S' N( N+ d& _8 Y) l* i
, f& x/ b3 p1 n! o* b/ Y4 h' ^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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, i. `/ S/ }9 V! U. c; d! ^) OTradesmen 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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7 @' `& Q/ |- e1 U# {- c1 WEvery expert in the world says oil prices will not collapse, due to world-wide demand. The price might drop by $10 per barrel, but oil- sand operations can still make a profit at those levels. # O! ?( j3 I \5 Y+ X# W
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Stricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down.
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. i1 i( m$ a/ G9 B) ~And all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere.
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- D) L* E! Y4 [House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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