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Ottawa considers penalties to protect foreign workers
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 […]
Read more »Labour fears foreign workers exploited; Temporary employees outnumbered immigrants to Alberta in 2006
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 […]
Read more »Keystone pipeline capacity raised by 35%; Expansion driven by new contracts
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 […]
Read more »Foreign worker woes; A federal program is providing desperately needed labour for Alberta employers — but at a severe price for many workers
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 […]
Read more »Top court backs law barring teachers, school employees from being trustees in top court ruling
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 […]
Read more »Alta. too hands-off on energy approvals
Many Albertans get prickly at the prospect of oilsands bitumen flowing to the U.S. for refining. And rightly so — for how can the province make most of its finite […]
Read more »A sobering message
If this isn’t a political slap up the side of the head I don’t know what is. But will Ed Stelmach and the Alberta Tories get the message? Calgary pollster […]
Read more »Changes to royalty regime could threaten viability of natural gas; Industry appeals for status quo as it struggles with exploding costs
CALGARY – Wholesale changes to Alberta’s royalty regime could threaten the viability of natural gas production in the province and raise rates for consumers, industry insiders told the Alberta government’s […]
Read more »Oilsands pipeline to U.S. a job killer: labour group; Study says 18,000 jobs in the balance
The head of the Alberta Federation of Labour says TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone pipeline to the United States is a job killer that needs to be stopped. In a submission […]
Read more »Labour spokesman wants premier to live up to promises
In the Old West, calling a man a coward was a shooting matter, and “Mr. Colt” usually had the final word. It’s unlikely, however, Alberta premier Ed Stelmach is toting […]
Read more »Raise oilsands royalties – Pembina: Low rates put ‘economy on steroids’
Albertans deserve a larger return on their vast oilsands, a provincial committee seeking input on how to best develop the resource heard Wednesday. The Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development argued […]
Read more »Alberta to form farm safety advisory body
A provincially-backed farm safety council is expected to find ways to reduce the number of on-farm injuries in Alberta without adding more rules or more costs. The Alberta government on […]
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