Activity for us (my employer) is picking up and we are really being challenged to meet the demand. Supply issues for parts and materials has stretched into ridiculous lead times which our customers are not happy about and who do not want to pay for the increased cost. Not sure how much that matters however as we are finding it incredibly difficult to hire anyone for our shops in Nisku and Calgary, and for our field locations. People have been burned too often with boom/bust or have drank the coolaid and don't want to come work in the 'dead end' oil industry. CERB isn't helping either, it's probably time to wind that program down.
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