Morton backs pooled pension plans
Dec 18, 2010
Alberta Finance Minister Ted Morton is backing a proposal from Ottawa for a new Pooled Registered Pension Plan, an initiative that aims to provide Canadians with a new low-cost method […]
Alta. minister ‘disgusted’ by safety inspection results
Dec 18, 2010
I take this very seriously and I expect that this will be a wake-up call.’ – Thomas Lukaszuk. Edmonton (17 Dec. 2010) – Alberta Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk says he […]
Flaherty switches course on pension reform, much to Alberta’s delight: Minister backs away from bolstering CPP
Dec 18, 2010
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has shelved plans for a modest enhancement of the Canada Pension Plan and instead is pitching a new private-sector pension plan to help Canadians prepare […]
Join Santa Claus and Canada’s finance ministers in Calgary this Sunday, send Harper and Flaherty a message: AFL Action at Delta Calgary Airport Hotel 2:00 pm Sunday, December 19th
Dec 17, 2010
Canada’s finance ministers are meeting in Calgary this Sunday at the Delta Calgary Airport hotel before they head to Kananaskis for their Monday meeting on pension reform. Canadian finance minister […]
Report on Temporary Foreign Workers in Alberta (Dec 2010)
Dec 17, 2010
Report on Temporary Foreign Workers in Alberta (December 2010) The AFL Round Table on Temporary Foreign Workers – On November 18, 2010, the AFL gathered over 50 participants for a […]
Bring hammer down harder on work safety
Dec 17, 2010
“It was not supposed to happen.” Those are the words of Mariana Krsek, whose three-year-old daughter Michelle died 16 months ago, crushed by sheets of metal blown off the roof […]