text: Of course you do not hear of this...just go to a construction site. My business deals with international clients, and pricing in Alberta is considerable higher than in other 'high" wage countries they tell me. So why bother coming here then? We do not like to hear it, but I can even see it in housing construction, in alberta our costs is about 30% higher than for example Sweden. I can't pinpoint it exactly, but I see a lot more middlemen in the chain here than there, as well as greed. In the end it is not my problem, as I can compete always on the world stage, and pay my employees livable wages, take care of their families when they have issues etc. My turnover has been quite low in personnel over the years. And again, not waking up is not my problem, only thing I can remind people on that.