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Originally Posted by Voodooman
A little off-topic, but I’ve seen 2 articles in the past day about the tribulations of Newfie oil patch workers trying to get home. Wouldn’t it be nice if all the money and resources the provincial gov’t is expending to resurrect the sector resulted in jobs for Albertans, and income tax revenue back into this province?
Why are these companies still employing out-of-province workers when (I have to assume) thousands of qualified Alberta residents in the sector are unemployed?
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Hahaha. The east coast took over the big projects of the oil sands a long time ago. Obviously there is lots of anecdotes but my favorite one was trying to get on commissioning at Kearl Lake. I called a contact I had in hiring and asked if they were looking for people, he asked if I was from the east coast and I said no, so he said no. I knew a few people up there and they confirmed it was an 'east coast only' thing.
Albertans in the oil patch are similar to Canadians in the NHL, the minority and only going down.