Oil & gas drilling does appear prominently.

Note: I forgot to add in it is 95% down from the 1990s levels.If we only needed to worry about power that would be one thing but To many of our products are made from oil, gas and coal.

The Loonie is presently floating around 0.88USD - a far cry from the 1.04 a year ago ... ah, the life of an oil-covered bird.As mentioned before, you friend would be better off setting-up an FX account to exchange CAD => USD rather than at the bank - could be 3/4 - 1 point difference.The other thing to keep in mind is all the lovely, not-so-new-anymore Homeland paperwork involved if you wire larger amounts (ie.

Lots of industries need to do observations for maintenance, contaminated areas, tower inspections, oil & gas, marine uses, security areas, the list is endless, large companies will have their own but small ones or contractors that have limited uses may rent or hire an operator.

and with growth comes concern now that oil prices are down.

They will cut back more unless oil suddenly rallies.  

Then I see the same make year model with expired tags, maybe title problems a dent or two high miles leaks oil but they want the same fair market price as the first clean car.

I hate getting guru advise as it always feels like fish oil tactics.

The drought has created a major water shortage for farmers (bit part of the counties economy) and there is a moratorium on fracking which is affecting the local oil industry.  

Also, keep an eye out for an oil tank... in my neck of the woods they are one of the biggest issues with old houses and can cost thousands of dollars if they have leaked and the soil needs remediation.