Meta, We are currently experiencing a significant shortage of skilled workers/tradespeople in the super heated economy in Saskatchewan. If we look to Alberta and the oil patch as well as the oil sands we are looking a skilled labour defecit in the range of tens or hundreds of thousands who are all earning 6 figures or more. To develop the Golden triangle there a be a need for thouands or tens of thousands of skilled labour/tradespeople. To recruit skilled labour from abroad simply makes sense from an economic as well as a social benefits perspective. The tinge of racial overtone in this stream is offensive and should be slapped down...moderators anyone. The scale of the triangle/district will be defining for the next several gernerations of western canadians (new and old)..................................Kerry/kcopper9