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fishin100

01/29/11 10:58 PM

#4978 RE: fishin100 #4977

"The numbers are staggering."
The numbers surrounding the economic impact of the Mackenzie Gas Project during its lifetime are staggering.
Almost 209,000 person years of employment, $86.3 billion in GDP and $10 billion in tax revenues for Canada.
Over 77,000 person years of employment, $5.1 billion in GDP, $506 million in tax revenue for Ontario. And
here in Alberta, the Mackenzie Gas Project would create almost 78,000 person years of employment, $9.9 billion in GDP and $808 million in tax revenue.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=75&ved=0CDIQFjAEOEY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.exec.gov.nt.ca%2Fcurrentnews%2FspeechDetails.asp%3FvarStatement_ID%3D912&ei=A9dETf6iCML-8AbT_eXOAQ&usg=AFQjCNF9Sgl-QwZVWt6dhyrHA6Zb-sfQiA
(I believe the government likes collecting tax revenues)