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Originally Posted by indes
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.
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I spent 2 summers during uni as a craft worker (2013 and 2014) at Kearl Lake on the Expansion and fine tailings treatment project, was the only guy from Calgary in my crew there (out of roughly 45-50 guys). Couldn’t understand a word anybody said for weeks...