Tag: AFL in the News
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 […]
Read more »Sinopec can be prosecuted for workplace deaths
Alberta’s Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday a Chinese company can be prosecuted for its role in the deaths of two temporary foreign workers in 2007. Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Company Ltd. […]
Read more »Future bleak for Alberta Liberals; among progressive parties, only NDP has momentum
If you want a useful yardstick of the relative health of Alberta’s opposition parties, you need look no further than the number of candidates they have nominated for the next […]
Read more »Chinese company to face Canadian court
Chinese engineering, procurement, and construction management company Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Company (SSEC) could face charges in a Canadian court after a decision handed down yesterday by the Alberta Court of […]
Read more »Keystone reignites debate over upgrading
Renewed calls to process more bitumen in Alberta are following a delay in a proposed export pipeline even though the economic upside for upgrading plants in recent years has shrunk. […]
Read more »Court says Chinese firm can face trial on safety charges in oilsands deaths
EDMONTON _ A unit of a giant Chinese petrochemical corporation can face trial on safety charges in the deaths of two oilsands workers. The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld […]
Read more »Alberta Court of Appeal says Chinese company can face charges in deaths of workers
EDMONTON – In a decision released Wednesday, the Alberta Court of Appeal has decided that a Chinese corporation can face charges in Alberta court for the 2005 death of two […]
Read more »Controversial pipeline will get a new route
The U.S. State Department is exploring new routes for the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska, which will delay a decision on TransCanada’s request for a construction permit on the American […]
Read more »XL pipeline controversy shows need for reform
The controversy over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline has brought energy policy, construction costs and labour relations laws to the forefront of debate in Alberta. At the heart of the […]
Read more »ANALYSIS | Trans-Pacific trade deal about more than resource exports: Asia-Pacific partnership could push us to innovate at home
Our prime minister says he’s signing us up for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, and it comes as no surprise — given Stephen Harper’s Alberta roots — that our ability […]
Read more »Oil pipeline fight roils unions
Elevated oil prices are motivating oil giants to exploit the tar sands of western Canada, creating a jobs boom in the region and leveling hundreds of square miles of forest. […]
Read more »Premier Redford promotes Alberta down south
Premier Alison Redford will be searching for answers when she arrives in Washington on Monday. The trip comes just days after the Obama administration announced it would be delaying a […]
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