globeandmail.com : Alberta too hot for some
globeandmail.com : Alberta too hot for some: "PATRICK BRETHOUR
From Monday's Globe and Mail
Ray English has been getting odd looks at Truck World in Toronto, where the rest of the trucking industry is wondering just why Raydan Manufacturing Inc. would flee the hottest economy in Canada.
�Why are you leaving Alberta? Are you nuts?� Mr. English said, replicating the incredulous tone of the questions being put to him at the national truck show.
His response: Labour costs in Alberta are soaring beyond reach for his truck parts company, forcing him to acquire an Ontario company to finally execute a long-hoped for expansion. �We've got to do something to get a labour force,� he said.
The rising tide of Alberta's economy has created an undertow for non-energy businesses, which have had to endure the strains of superheated growth without the massive revenues of an oil producer. �As a manufacturing company, it's been miserable,� Mr. English said.
The province's dominant energy sector is struggling with the same problem, although it is one largely of its own creation. Husky Energy Inc. president and chief executive officer John Lau warned last week of the spread of the labour shortage, saying that his Calgary-based company is now looking outside of the country to build a massive bitumen upgrader because there are not enough workers locally."
From Monday's Globe and Mail
Ray English has been getting odd looks at Truck World in Toronto, where the rest of the trucking industry is wondering just why Raydan Manufacturing Inc. would flee the hottest economy in Canada.
�Why are you leaving Alberta? Are you nuts?� Mr. English said, replicating the incredulous tone of the questions being put to him at the national truck show.
His response: Labour costs in Alberta are soaring beyond reach for his truck parts company, forcing him to acquire an Ontario company to finally execute a long-hoped for expansion. �We've got to do something to get a labour force,� he said.
The rising tide of Alberta's economy has created an undertow for non-energy businesses, which have had to endure the strains of superheated growth without the massive revenues of an oil producer. �As a manufacturing company, it's been miserable,� Mr. English said.
The province's dominant energy sector is struggling with the same problem, although it is one largely of its own creation. Husky Energy Inc. president and chief executive officer John Lau warned last week of the spread of the labour shortage, saying that his Calgary-based company is now looking outside of the country to build a massive bitumen upgrader because there are not enough workers locally."
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