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May 2011
Our Oil, Our Choice: Canada needs a national energy strategy to power up for a brighter future
Alberta has been blessed with the energy resources the world needs, but this blessing comes with great responsibility. We must develop these resources...
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First Thoughts
by Gil McGowan
Alberta and the Curse of the Petro State
by Andrew Nikiforuk
We Need a Plan - and We Need It Now!
by Terry Inigo-Jones
Who Owns Our Oil Sands? Foreign corporations stake their claims to our resources
by Tony Clark
What in Tar-Nation? Canadian Energy Security without the Oil Sands
by Gordon Laxer
Get Organized! Growth of oil sands is an opportunity for the labour movement
by Terry Inigo-Jones
It's Time to Get a Better Deal from Big Oil: Albertans deserve a fair share of the money made from their natural resources
by Terry Inigo-Jones
Goodbye to Good Jobs
by Terry Inigo-Jones
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Alberta and the Curse of the Petro State
by Andrew Nikiforuk
look at this and ask if there is a connection?? I would say yes! http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/...
Tim Shaw
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Businesses being given temporary foreign worker permits regardless of economic need
Union is family and family stick together and help one another when they need to. Very much like any poli...
Larry Connell
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Labour leaders concerned about response to strike
I have read the above report, but I don't find anything specific. How are foreign workrers exploited, par...
Brahma Chaudhuri
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Alberta Entrenching Exploitation of Foreign Workers
I agree, I stand in solidarity! ...
melanie Decillia
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Government needs to get its priorities straight when it comes to resolving prison strikes
It's Time to Get a Better Deal from Big Oil: Albertans deserve a fair share of the money made from their natural resources
by Terry Inigo-Jones
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May 2011
Our Oil, Our Choice: Canada needs a national energy strategy to power up for a brighter future
January 2011
Funding Our Future: Why fixing our broken revenue system is the key to building a better, more prosperous Alberta
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Labour & Politics: What does Alberta's changing political landscape mean for workers and unions?
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