Yeah, a lot of folks from the maritimes and the prairie provinces for work here. As long as you can make a decent living out there, I'd say there's ZERO reason to move here (Hence, I here a LOT of Saskatchewan folks are getting the hell out and moving back since now that their province is booming).
That's fantastic that Saskatchewan is finally seeing some boom time. Newfoundland is also going to be a "have" province in a couple years. Hopefully Nova Scotia can get some of that action soon, 
but we've been screwed by Ottawa countless times since Confederation and Stephen Harper is going above and beyond to continue this tradition (i.e. the Atlantic Accord) 
It's amazing how quickly some forget that when Alberta was a "have-not" province Nova Scotia basically fed them - a healthy diet of fish no less. hehe In the meantime I will enjoy watching the Prime Minister of Atlantic Canada, the honourable Danny Williams (Premier of Newfoundland) 
, continue his anti-Harper campaign - god knows we're not getting any leadership from any of the other Premiers in the Maritimes. 
Yeah, I've yet been to the Maritimes, but I hear nothing but good things about it. Plus, all the folks that I've met that are from there have all nothing but super-cool people
It'd definitely be good to get some real economic boom over there, but then I suppose many people probably wouldn't want to exactly Alberta-ize the maritimes. The real problem here is that all the eggs are in one basket - the oil industry. If that tanks (and nothing is forever), then this province will quickly go down the drain, and people even know that here, but it's hard to change your ways when the money keeps on rolling in, so people are hesitant to change the status quo.
But you know what, even all that considered, as a whole, I find Canadians (Albertans or not) to be the one of the most socially-aware people that I've come across, which is a good thing.
Where would you like to move?
Well, I'm moving to Melbourne in a few months, so CANNOT wait for that -- It's my favorite city in the world, and I've been threatening to move down there for some years, and it's finally becoming reality now. Average temperature of 20, variance of about 5 degrees, superb culture & dining, good motorcycling environment, and I even really like what the new Rudd administration has been doing down there since taking over from Howard.
Kinda like you, my wife wants to do BC (Vancouver or Victoria, maybe), and that might still happen in the future, but for now, the
other Victoria it'll be!
