[Ost-news] Canada rushes for its [mock] black gold

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Canada rushes for its black gold

Released on 27/03/2008

[B]lack gloop is behind a massive boom that is pushing Canada’s construction spend to record heights and sucking skilled workers from all over the country and the world.

Before 2003 Fort McMurray was a quiet town just about as far north in the Canadian province of Alberta as you’d wish to go. Now it’s the epicenter of a building boom that is pushing the whole country’s construction spend to record heights, and a trailer there costs more than a house in downtown Toronto.

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-rushes-its-mock-black-gold

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