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Originally Posted by scotty c
I haven't been following this with a great level of detail but I think your way off on what this is and who/what will be coming to it.
The whole point is that the purchasing people won't have to make the 6 hours transocean flights to get to China. Instead they will make a connection or two to get to Saskatoon from LA, New York etc etc. The center in Dundurn will essentially hold demo units and sales people from various overseas manufacturers who will sell their products to the major purchasors. The products will still be manufactured and shipped from China, it's not like they have to ship them here to be sold and then ship them out to North America.
All in all if someone wants to dump money into this thing all the power to them as long as the government isn't one of them.
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Well I may be getting my directions wrong, but the point is a large volume of product is intended to be going through it, and people will be coming from afar to make the transactions happen. That requires infrastructure and hospitality, both of which require government spending. I do agree with your point, that so long as tax dollars and public resources aren't being diverted to this, all the power to them - though I remain highly skeptical of the transparency of this thing, and I feel bad for any of those who lose their shirts when/if this fails, they will surely have a sour taste for our province when/if that happens.
Also, if they break ground it will be good for local building contractors.
And speaking of Aerogreen, I saw these renders on the website
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http://www.aerogreenbusinesspark.com/html/location/AEROGREEN/index.cfm
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