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; }( F* D- i& n% D5 a" _9 v$ E: uWE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS & i: E# `2 O+ ]5 P0 V
0 O3 t' |; k1 BDue to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks."
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We must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians." & H* O- O( K( U) J3 N) R
! [' ^& u; @* E$ e) @3 X5 j& |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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If I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010. 3 |, W9 H1 x. U" \
6 S8 f3 G- k: D4 a; }: XHouse prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase.
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8 F/ \+ N8 P) Z8 J* t* sWe don't quite get it.
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We're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world!
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$ }/ D) A% M* C) I7 a- ~5 `4 nIn the oilsands, including mining projects and upgraders, the government lists 52 planned projects in its Inventory of Major Alberta Projects website. Average price: $3 billion per project. ) F! ~& ~4 B [2 C- v( s3 P
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Even with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website. 0 l- }: o6 J' {" u+ C- c
) m) w O$ J# J' ?# M7 rUpgraders 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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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. ' r6 U% k5 g- s1 G& `1 x: _& C
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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 E: p/ R, g6 Y/ b
( w' b% S+ e4 B6 C: IStricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down. / t, O1 t9 B+ c4 Y5 {
+ f9 W1 J M; k1 m) u1 V' n# GAnd all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere. 9 l" b9 x1 F i/ d) ?
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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