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Government case of $2 billion in cuts is a shaky one: Cutting jobs and services isn’t justified by the numbers and will inflict further pain on a labour force that’s already hurting
Nov 27, 2009

The president of Alberta’s largest union advocacy organization is baffled as to why the Stelmach government seems determined to cut public sector jobs and services even though the province’s fiscal […]

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Deeper Transformation: “Greening” capitalism is not enough to fix the climate
Nov 19, 2009

As the next round of international climate change talks in Copenhagen approaches, the Canadian and Alberta governments are both doing everything they can to reinforce their long-standing position that doing […]

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Stelmach questions attitudes of victims of the recession
Nov 16, 2009

Premier Ed Stelmach is in hot water after suggesting some of those who lost their jobs in this recession need to change their attitudes. The comments came as the premier […]

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Investing in the future
Nov 12, 2009

Ten years ago, David MacDonald felt completely lost at a seminar on mutual funds. “There was just this sea of grey hair, with two 20-year-olds at the back,” he recalls. […]

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Stelmach questions employability of unskilled workers
Nov 12, 2009

Premier Ed Stelmach speaks during an evening rally at the Capri Hotel in Red Deer, AB on November 6, 2009 during the Alberta PC party convention. (Jordan Verlage/Sun Media) The […]

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EPCOR’s dismal 3rd quarter results prove Edmonton City Council should never have relinquished control of power generation assets
Nov 9, 2009

EPCOR CEO Don Lowry is living in fantasy world if he thinks his dramatically diminished corporation will ever generate $130 million in dividends for the citizens of Edmonton again, says […]

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