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Originally Posted by scryer
If I were to speculate with no evidence to back myself up whatsoever...
Vancouver would probably make most of its money from the port fees. It's not necessarily jobs that Vancouver would capitalize on.
However I predict that a fair amount of jobs would be created in Vancouver if the pipeline does go through. I think that we will be needing to make some upgrades (both large and small) to our ports to handle the increase in ship traffic, maybe more ship pilots would be hired to accommodate the larger traffic, and I also predict that eco-scientists of various practises will be hired to properly monitor and protect the environment.... not to mention additional administrative support for all of the above. But again, these are just a shot-in-the-dark predictions.
Obviously most of the jobs are in Alberta but I think that Vancouver would attract related jobs ontop of the port fees.
Now to house these employees is another story... (back on topic)
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For baseless speculation, that's a pretty fair point... but then couldn't we get that revenue and/or job creation by any kind of overseas export, not just crude oil?
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