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WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS
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8 ~) {8 S: E; F' V$ n' X. wDue to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks."
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$ R+ p1 O% G8 Q3 O8 S8 ~3 n0 W+ CWe must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians."
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: r& b3 J% R- E! d8 m: kWHY SELL NOW? G% H9 j0 ]; N3 N' y
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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.
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If I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010.
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House prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase.
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! U+ T5 D+ o, C2 }* V; ?) uWe don't quite get it. 5 T( o. E* C4 D+ Z2 _
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We're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world! m' t/ p1 t4 S9 B) z; X2 d1 l
) `6 t4 M; ^& u( QIn the oilsands, including mining projects and upgraders, the government lists 52 planned projects in its Inventory of Major Alberta Projects website. Average price: $3 billion per project. 3 \- H& ^2 c6 a2 T9 ^5 _( d/ \
7 a) x6 |% b" M% f2 LEven with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website. 0 G* ?% c) D; d1 O/ f- S$ P
# n) b9 O& u/ o) UUpgraders and big oilsands mining projects each require workforces of 5,000 to 6,000 to build over a two-year period. ; J9 S# J: j+ m
7 O( F7 N0 F1 U7 ]0 X9 E% h: 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.
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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 $10 per barrel, but oil- sand operations can still make a profit at those levels. - I- V& j/ \# h! i* N
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Stricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down.
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0 a. X; r; K8 V+ _% XAnd all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere. ; f- R. d$ s8 n/ ]1 c' G. v3 a
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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