And where are the jobs from this port in Prince Rupert?

Rumors flying all over like OMG, let's start off with Canfor. Rumors are after clearlake was to shutdown Rustads was to reopen i want to believe but i can't in my life believe the mill will reopen. Now i'm hearing instead of reopening rustads there reopening Vananby and Radium and possibly permanent closing Rustads sawmill. The reason i do find to believe is CN Rail owns the land and the rumor is closing rustads and using the property's on both sides of the tracks for an inland containment port for the Ruport Port now that I can believe. So there's your jobs right there Pojeb_sa well I hope.

BC Rail owns the land.

Pojeb_sa, I suspect that the majority of the jobs from the Prince Rupert port are in Prince Rupert.

Not very many jobs in Prince Rupert. Probably the most depressed place in the North.

Rupert has been on a steady decline in population for 15 or so years. Around 40% in total. Location might be good for a port, but that seems to be it.

It needs some offshore oil drilling ..... ;-)

I lived in Prince Rupert during the really tough times,and what I actually see there now...is only a marginal improvement.
And the job situation is still tough,which is why people leave,obviously.
Anther issue Pupert has,is ridiculous house prices.
Way too high for what you get for your money, and they have a lot of run down,mouldy dumps with rocks in the basement for sale, that have been on the market forever.
A buyer needs to be extremely careful when purchasing a home there!
That has also been a deciding factor for a lot of people when it comes to even considering moving there.
Krusel talks big,but the truth is,the port is struggling too,and he knows it.
Where are the jobs that were predicted?
It's either feast or famine,with very little consistancy.
And now the cruiseship industry seems to have given up on them as well.
Not quite what was predicted.
Don't get me wrong...I like Rupert,but they do seem to be running on a lot of spin and hype.
Those that live there know better.

sorry my bad correction BC Rail, to Gus you say they need some off shore drilling, that would be bad just look at the gulf some say it was staged as they would make more money on cleanup as to normal operations. Another offshore rig would be just another accident or planned incident waiting to happen.

It was one of my occasional tongue in cheek remarks canuckfan1974 .....

I put a ;-) symbol behind it. That symbol is slightly different than the normal "smiley" symbol which looks like this .. :-)

;-) has a "winking" eye .....

It would get the town moving a bit more than the port, in my opinion, but at an unacceptable cost from my point of view.

However, I think if push comes to shove sometime in the intermediate future I doubt that we will have much of a say, just as with the Enbridge pipeline.

I think people need to come to terms with Containers, and Container Terminals.

1. All the productions from the Lumber Mills and Pulp and Paper mills in this area has been shipped to the USA or to various Countries around the world, such as Japan, India, Europe, etc;. This tonnage has been handled through the Port of Vancouver for the past 50 years.

2. So what this means is that all the tonnage was being handled through Vancouver, and shipped there via Rail, or Truck. So if you now take a portion of this tonnage and ship it through the Port of Prince Rupert, it is the same tonnage that used to go through Vancouver, and there is no increase in jobs. In fact you could make a case for less jobs.

3. So now comes the CRUNCH. Pulp Mills always operate at maximum capacity, and lumber mills increase capacity by adding shifts, however at the end of the day there is a finite amount of pulp, paper, and lumber that can be produced, without building new plants.

4. So if all the ;production is being shipped through Vancouver or Prince Rupert at the present time, with the employees presently in place, where the hell do you think you are going to get any increase in jobs???. Fact is, you are not.

5. The only way you will get an increase in jobs is by adding new mills, and the fact of the matter is, the lumber industry is downsizing not increasing. Rustads, Clear Lake, Winton Global, etc; are just a few examples.

6. Unless there is some new industy that will relocate in Prince George or the surrounding area, there will not be any increase in jobs in the forseeable future.

7. Some constructin jobs, at Alcan Kitimat, Endako Mines, however that is about it.

Have a nice day.