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WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS + Z D3 T- Z4 i2 i1 I3 m
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Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks." % I; F5 s" n& |8 p# J4 |4 E
$ e# R0 ]8 K5 D( G2 yWe must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians."
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WHY SELL NOW? " f1 [! a# J- ?+ w
) h/ D A5 M6 Q3 a& L+ ^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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& z# g M$ W' d T( ZHouse prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase. + j0 o: O- |) B/ b* r/ }
* ~- o5 Q0 a8 I3 G5 q EWe don't quite get it. ) M w! @1 l" d# O9 R
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We're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world! 1 m* B( q4 |* l4 i
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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. 3 K' o) r1 s' \, D) [2 S
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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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/ |9 e( f' d; C; [* @* 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. , |% ] z" a" U+ W
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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. 0 S' f! G5 r; E6 |3 b0 _
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Stricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down. 6 @- A% h Z: \+ e
* i; H5 \ l4 ^& o% o0 t% oAnd 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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