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AFL targets royalties and upgrading at economic summit
Feb 8, 2013

Federation president to set the record straight on bitumen glut Edmonton – AFL president Gil McGowan will be tackling Alberta’s revenue problem this Saturday at the Alberta Economic Summit. The […]

Refine it at home to pop bitumen bubble: AFL
Feb 7, 2013

Alberta’s current financial woes may offer a silver lining, says the Alberta Federation of Labour. Two weeks after Premier Alison Redford warned the province that resource royalties were expected to […]

Report says pipeline squeeze could be ‘devastating’ to Canadian economy
Feb 7, 2013

CALGARY – The inability to get western Canadian crude to the right markets is costing the country’s economy dearly, according to a new report paid for by the Saskatchewan government. […]

2013 AFL Submission to Standing Com. on Alberta’s Economic Future Study of the BRIK Program
Feb 6, 2013

2013 AFL Submission to Standing Com. on Alberta’s Economic Future Study of the BRIK Program

Report says time running out for Canadian oil producers to access Pacific Rim
Feb 6, 2013

CALGARY – A research paper is reinforcing the idea that Canada’s resource industry is at risk of being left behind internationally if it doesn’t find a way to get oil […]

Upgrading bitumen in Alberta best option, labour group says
Feb 6, 2013

The Alberta Federation of Labour says documents obtained through Freedom of Information show that the provincial government has been told that upgrading bitumen in Alberta is a better financial option […]