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The head of the new federal government Major Projects Office, Dawn Farrell, right, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, during the announcement of five major projects, in Edmonton on Sept. 11.

The pay stinks. The hours are brutal. Job security is non-existent. Yet ambitious young executives are beating down Dawn Farrell’s door to win positions at the Calgary-based Major Projects Office.

In a refreshing sign that the next generation of business leaders believe in the political process and in Canada, reams of twenty- to thirty-year-olds with finance, legal or natural resource experience are firing their resumes into the inbox of the newly launched federal agency responsible for fast-tracking nation-building infrastructure .

It’s not just early-career executives fighting for po

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