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WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS ' m/ v- j, s& k" j
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Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks." ) r" n" c, U+ e* j5 }$ r1 X
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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.
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" U. ?$ N& K: J2 o) [/ ]If I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010.
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6 {+ P- k4 o! A, q* _; M) \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. + }5 c8 Q2 P/ X8 u+ W
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We're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world! # g; Z* {( T2 `7 M/ H' P
# n& m7 C/ Y1 V/ R. MIn the oilsands, including mining projects and upgraders, the government lists 52 planned projects in its Inventory of Major Alberta Projects website. Average price: $3 billion per project.
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! F% O$ u- r% h) E, aEven 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. ' H& U/ C# D' N' F W2 x
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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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) }$ Q3 W) ~0 {! }Every expert in the world says oil prices will not collapse, due to world-wide demand. The price might drop by $10 per barrel, but oil- sand operations can still make a profit at those levels.
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' f" V, y$ e b( [) }6 U s% q& HStricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down. ( {, q* h2 m! {
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And all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere.
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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