Tag: AFL in the News
ABCDEGFQ: Critics turn to the alphabet song to underline concerns about Alberta’s tax and royalty structure
EDMONTON – A pair of left-leaning advocacy groups have teamed up on a new pre-election advertising campaign to attack the Alberta government’s tax and royalty structure. The $200,000 campaign from […]
Read more »Jesse Kline: Alberta Liberals say the darndest things
It’s no secret that Alberta’s finances were mismanaged for years under Ed Stelmach and that the situation has only become worse since Alison Redford took office. That the richest province […]
Read more »Where did all Alberta’s money go?: The left and right think they know
Partisan political operators are battling to define the debate over one of the most explosive issues in the coming provincial election: Why can’t a wealthy province like Alberta make ends […]
Read more »Industry financially squeezed by high electricity prices
EDMONTON – You can hear it on the floor of AltaSteel’s east Edmonton mill when the hourly price of electricity spikes. Virtually everything goes quiet. For almost two full days […]
Read more »Kevin Taft wonders where the money went
Albertans are being “played for fools” by corporations making massive profits at the expense of provincial programs and services, says former Liberal leader and scholar Kevin Taft. In a new […]
Read more »Alberta ‘leaving too much on the table,’ ex-Liberal leader says: With corporate profits three times the average in other provinces, why is Alberta struggling with a budget deficit, Ke…
EDMONTON — This province is a great place to do business, but if Albertans knew just how great, they might have some tough questions for the provincial government, Alberta’s former […]
Read more »Health care’s future now up to premiers: Labour leaders call on provinces to unite against Ottawa’s plans
The future of Canada’s health care system is at a critical stage. As leaders of the provincial and territorial Federations of Labour, we have issued a call to the country’s […]
Read more »Coyne: Confusion over national energy strategy is entirely appropriate
Then we’re agreed. Canada needs a national energy strategy, says the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. Canada needs a national energy strategy, the Council of Canadians concurs. What this country […]
Read more »Gateway pipeline risky for western premiers, political watchers say
OTTAWA and EDMONTON – Politically, the Northern Gateway project isn’t risk-free for Canada’s western provinces. B.C. Premier Christy Clark has refused to take a position until the National Energy Board […]
Read more »Former Sask premier Calvert endorses Topp for national NDP leader
OTTAWA – The second half of the NDP leadership race is starting much like the first, with candidates striving to demonstrate momentum through a raft of endorsements from New Democrat […]
Read more »Almost half of new positions created in province
Close to half of all the jobs created in Canada were in Alberta and the province also maintained the lowest unemployment rate, according to numbers released Friday. Through 2011, about […]
Read more »Chinese energy companies wait to hear fate of Northern Gateway pipeline
VANCOUVER — Chinese energy companies, at one time eager to see the Northern Gateway pipeline completed quickly so they could access the Alberta oilsands, are now taking a longer and […]
Read more »$72 billion at stake if Gateway pipeline halted
EDMONTON – Oil producers could lose $72 billion over a nine-year-period if a pipeline to carry Alberta bitumen to the West Coast isn’t built, a new report for the Alberta […]
Read more »Energy union calls for intelligent policy on oil sands
On 2 December, representatives of the ICEM Canadian affiliate Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) Union participated in a discussion on trade union perspectives on the Canadian bituminous sands, or tar […]
Read more »Oil and government: The energy industry has more influence than you
When Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), walked into a conference room in Kananaskis to observe the meeting of energy ministers from across Canada in July, […]
Read more »Western premiers meet here to stoke ‘economic powerhouse’
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Alison Redford will host her counterparts from Saskatchewan and B.C. on Tuesday to discuss the direction of the New West Partnership. The partnership, established in April […]
Read more »Labour federation asks ethics commissioner to reopen lobbying investigation
EDMONTON – Two days after an investigation declared the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers not guilty of breaking lobbying laws, Alberta’s ethics commissioner said he will review newly released government […]
Read more »Registrar clears petroleum producers of breaking the rules: Group alleged to have influenced government PR strategy
Alberta’s lobbyist registrar has cleared the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers of any wrongdoing after allegations the group tried to influence government public relations strategy. “CAPP is not in breach […]
Read more »Alberta worked with industry on fracking PR strategy
The Alberta government met privately with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers to discuss a joint public relations campaign designed to counter “misinformation” about the controversial shale-gas fracking industry in […]
Read more »Petroleum group did not break lobbying rules, says registrar
Alberta’s lobbyist registrar has cleared the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers of any wrongdoing after allegations the group tried to influence government public relations strategy. “CAPP is not in breach […]
Read more »Shale advocates need more than communications: A lobbying allegation is dismissed, but the optics are terrible
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) yesterday was cleared by Alberta’s ethics commissioner of lobbying allegations made by the Alberta Federation of Labour. The decision, which you can read […]
Read more »Dismissal of illegal lobbying complaint questioned
Internal government documents obtained by CBC appear to contradict some of the evidence upon which Alberta’s lobbyist registrar dismissed allegations of illegal lobbying against the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. […]
Read more »Prairie labour groups defend Wheat Board as Parliament votes
Western Agriculture Ministers acting against the interests of rural communities, says AFL EDMONTON, Nov. 28, 2011 /CNW/ – The leading labour groups from the Prairie provinces today united in calling […]
Read more »Petroleum group did not break lobbying rules, Alberta registrar says
EDMONTON — Alberta’s lobbyist registrar has cleared the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers of any wrongdoing after allegations the group tried to influence government public relations strategy. “CAPP is not […]
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