Outgoing EEDC president warns Edmonton faces tough global economic competition

Intense international competition will test whether Edmonton becomes a world leader or returns to complacency in the next oil boom, the head of the city’s economic development agency says.
“If you think we can just walk into the next five years thinking the world’s your oyster, thinking we can just sit back and enjoy the ride, you will be gravely disappointed,” Brad Ferguson, outgoing president of the Edmonton Economic Development Corp. (EEDC), said in a speech at the Sha