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Originally Posted by fredr123

PCL in Edmonton caught a bit of flack by bringing in stuff from out of province. Obviously not all of the economic benefit of the construction of a project like this would be local: http://albertaenterprisegroup.com/ca...dering-quebec/

Sometimes, the best prices are from out-of-province contractors / trades, which lowers the cost of the project. Sometimes they're just more experienced. It's easy to say 'use local guys all the time', but sometimes they simply aren't the cheapest or the most experienced. Those factors do matter.