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Canada’s oilsands are paving the way for driverless trucks and threats of layoffs (calgaryherald.com)
3 points by task_queue on June 10, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Oilsands were sold to the public as an avenue to create high paying jobs and to rejuvenate the economy.

800 high salary earners ($200k/yr avg) could be put out of work as their profession is eroded and the public is shut out of what was supposed to be an opportunity to stay in/bootstrap themselves into the middle class.




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