Oil patch labour crisis seen spreading to rest of country

Alberta’s severe and growing labour shortage has created an economic vortex that is drawing in workers — and driving up wages — across Canada, confronting any industrial project with dramatically higher costs, the head of Husky Energy Inc. warns.

John Lau, Husky’s president and chief executive officer, said his company has felt those labour pains first hand, and the energy company has all but ruled out building an upgrader in Alberta for a planned oil sands expansion.

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