Alberta smartening up
There`s a brain-drain going on in Canada and the pipeline leads straight to oil-rich Alberta.
Such is the picture painted by 2006 census numbers released yesterday by Statistics Canada.
The data show the province is reaping the rewards of its booming economy through an influx of the best and the brightest from elsewhere in the country.
Alberta had a net increase of 28,000 post-secondary graduates between 2001 and 2006 -- 7,500 from Saskatchewan, 7,200 from Ontario and 6,575 from the Atlantic provinces. The fact that, in all, more than one-in-five of Alberta`s post-secondary grads studied outside the province reflects the magnetizing effect of its hot economy, said Elsbeth Mehrer, manager of workforce development for Calgary Economic Development.
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