AFL wants oil sands jobs to stay in Alberta
May 27, 2009
The Alberta Federation of Labor sees the Kearl oil sands project as a pipeline for shipping jobs to the United States. Construction of the mega project northeast of Fort McMurray […]
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program under review
May 27, 2009
In recent years, Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) has been opened up to make it easier for Canadian employers to hire foreign workers to fill labour shortages in their […]
Sitting on Kearl project announcement saved Imperial Oil more than $500 million
May 27, 2009
CALGARY – Waiting nearly a year to announce formal approval of the Kearl oilsands mining project saved Imperial Oil Ltd. between $500 million and $1 billion in capital costs, chairman […]
With no commitment to Alberta-based refining, Kearl should not be seen as economic saviour
May 26, 2009
If Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake project represents the future of the oil sands, then Albertans should be very concerned, says the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. “Kearl Lake […]
Harper refuses to ease EI rules: Opposition demands called an ‘absurdity’
May 24, 2009
In the face of steep job losses and a battering recession, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday his government won’t ease eligibility rules for unemployment benefits. Harper, who was in […]
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May 19, 2009
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