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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 […]

Harper/Flaherty Pension Scheme a Holiday Gift to the Banks; a Lump of Coal for Canadians:Taking CPP expansion off the table would be a betrayal of what Canadians need and want
Dec 16, 2010

Edmonton – Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has betrayed generations of Canadians by suggesting that expansion of the Canada Pension Plan should be taken off the table at the meeting […]