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Ottawa considers penalties to protect foreign workers
Jul 10, 2007

Ottawa is eyeing new fines and penalties to protect temporary foreign workers whose rights are being trampled by “unscrupulous” employers and labour brokers, federal Human Resources Development Minister Monte Solberg […]

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Labour fears foreign workers exploited; Temporary employees outnumbered immigrants to Alberta in 2006
Jul 7, 2007

EDMONTON – Alberta has become one of the first provinces to bring in more people as temporary foreign workers than through Canada’s mainline immigration system, the Alberta Federation of Labour […]

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Alberta reaches troubling milestone: more people now coming into province as temporary workers than traditional immigrants
Jul 6, 2007

EDMONTON – It’s official. Alberta has become the first province in Canadian history to bring more people into its jurisdiction under the temporary foreign worker program than through Canada’s mainline […]

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Keystone pipeline capacity raised by 35%; Expansion driven by new contracts
Jul 5, 2007

Keystone pipeline to the United States by 35 per cent, citing strong support from Canadian oilsands producers. The pipeline will be capable of carrying 590,000 barrels per day (bpd) to […]

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Foreign worker woes; A federal program is providing desperately needed labour for Alberta employers — but at a severe price for many workers
Jul 1, 2007

Mexican worker Angel Hernandez decided three decades ago he would someday come to Canada, after he saw a street dog gobble up a hamburger. Hernandez was working in a popular […]

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Top court backs law barring teachers, school employees from being trustees in top court ruling
Jun 30, 2007

EDMONTON – The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld an Alberta law that forbids teachers and other school employees from seeking election or serving as school board trustees. In an […]

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