Committee hasn’t met since 2008
But 21 MLAs still paid $1,000 a month Alberta opposition members are calling on the Redford government to kill an all-party committee that never meets to spare the province the […]
Read moreOpposition parties say they’re not part of illegal donations probe
Some funds are voluntarily being returned Alberta’s opposition parties say they aren’t under investigation in a controversy over illegal donations that has put the governing Progressive Conservatives under the scrutiny […]
Read moreThe pay’s steady and the hours are even betterThe pay’s steady and the hours are even better
MLAs scramble to explain phantom committee’s stipend Imagine you were getting paid $1,000 a month to do work above and beyond your regular job. Now imagine you haven’t actually done […]
Read moreIndustry looks for immigration reform
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) and a group of Alberta business associations are pushing for immigration reform to deal with a shortage of skilled labour. The initiatives are happening at […]
Read moreFull-day kindergarten pledge falls short
Ramp-up planned for September 2013 Alberta parents shouldn’t expect to see the full-day kindergarten promised by Premier Alison Redford this fall, but the province’s education minister says as much as […]
Read moreAlberta health minister denies health care is in crisis
Horne says province trying to mend relationships with MDs CALGARY — Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne said he’s not aware of political intimidation in the province’s medical system — and […]
Read moreRedford under fire for $1.3M ad campaigns
Wildrose party cries political electioneering The Redford government is under attack from opposition members over spending more than $1.3 million of taxpayers’ money on advertising campaigns – including $425,000 promoting […]
Read moreTory lack of action makes fix for health care appear elusive
The government has it backwards when it comes to the new public inquiry being launched into queue-jumping in the health-care system. Sure, it’s a troubling issue. But former Alberta Health […]
Read moreUnion law issue in some Ohio legislative primaries
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lingering voter anger over the state’s now-rejected collective bargaining law played out Tuesday as an issue in several state legislative primaries. Contenders in the primary contests included […]
Read moreLabour federation says energy companies made millions exploiting government loophole
EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour says energy companies exploited a loophole in the province’s drilling stimulus programs, forcing the province to spend about $2.9 billion, more than double […]
Read moreTories must not use public purse for partisan gain
Government advertising should be used to inform the public about programs and services, not to promote the party in power. The Redford government’s new $425,000 ad campaign on its recently […]
Read moreAlberta politics in dire straits
Politics in Alberta. Money for nothing and the cheques for free. Dire straits indeed. Let’s hope somewhere in their skulls or souls they know it’s wrong. We can always hope […]
Read moreEditorial: MLA’s letter is smoking gun of PC intimidation
Opponents of Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives must go to sleep at night thanking the political gods for making life so easy for them. The PCs keep handing an endless supply of […]
Read moreCorbella: Tory bullies lose their hand with poker-faced advocate
Linda Sloan would make one great poker player. The president of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association was handed a royal flush late last week, and when given the opportunity to […]
Read moreByproducts of power can be strange
Low-level bullying is bad, but high-level bulling is fine. There’s the latest news flash from an inconsistent government. For writing a stupid letter to a local school board, PC MLA […]
Read morePolitical funding spurs 52 probes
Alberta’s chief electoral officer is now investigating more than 50 cases of alleged illegal donations to political parties – and actively weighing how best to penalize those responsible. According to […]
Read moreMLA acted like school bully
Over-the-top letter bolsters criticisms Tories govern through intimidation, pork-barrel politics When the leaked letter first crossed my desk, I thought somebody was pulling my leg. I suspected a prankster – […]
Read moreAlberta Tories launch $425K ad campaign as election looms
Don’t let the Alberta government tag fool you. What we’ve got here is a pure political piece of work, an ad where the provincial Tories want to get you to […]
Read moreHawaii Local Bridges Pacific
More than 3,800 miles of deep Pacific Ocean separate the remote tropical island of Guam and Honolulu, charter city of Local 1260, but that has not stopped the Hawaii-based local […]
Read more‘Burma sanctions must stay’: trade unions
Burma must take significant steps to end human rights abuses, especially forced labour, before the EU can consider easing further sanctions against Burma, a leading British union body has warned. […]
Read moreTories accused of muzzling critics
Catholic board warned comments could delay new school decision A culture of “political extortion” practised by the Alberta government has been laid bare in a recent letter from northern Conservative […]
Read moreBraid: MLA Goudreau’s letters inconvenient proof of Tory practices
CALGARY — Tory MLA Hector Goudreau stepped in one huge cow pie when he told a northern school board last month that offending the wrong people could delay funding for […]
Read moreAlberta’s woes: too many jobs, not enough people to fill them
EDMONTON – With an unemployment rate of 4.9 percent, Alberta currently fares better than any other Canadian province. But despite being fairly insulated from the economic turmoil plaguing the rest […]
Read moreExpanding TFW program an attack on workers, says labour group
A reasonable pace of oil-sands development would mean more jobs for Albertans, says AFL Calls to expand the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program in Alberta are a move to unfairly […]
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