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WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS % k9 i5 Y @% H+ o2 y# ~* x
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Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks." / k1 p' l' y$ n9 {' n
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We must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians." 5 ]; R# `# b# a
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WHY SELL NOW? ! B( I& I+ I* c6 Q+ f
0 e9 {" Y4 C+ o$ j2 [+ K1 [- [* aIf 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 z$ \6 B$ \- t& f8 q8 c
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) b: L' R/ A8 k @ N5 w! YIf I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010. 1 A/ P2 T& t5 ~! S7 Y
0 U+ ^( I( S9 \4 A1 dHouse prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase. * _& F: K g, b! b! ]1 s
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We don't quite get it. / [- t" M% e5 f+ J8 l
4 ]2 b J6 T0 f' i; f; OWe're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world! - }) W% A. r! L) P* `9 F
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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: $3 billion per project.
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Even with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website.
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Upgraders and big oilsands mining projects each require workforces of 5,000 to 6,000 to build over a two-year period. 9 C* Q# B4 [8 U! Q
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Tradesmen will pour into northern Alberta over the foreseeable future. The numbers of expected newcomers range from 3,000 to 10,000 per year, with a multiplier effect all over the region.
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% Q4 t0 f5 S7 T( U$ kEvery 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. ) ]# b- k# K8 X# a# h4 U
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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