Tag: Budgets and Revenue

The impoverished, war-torn African nation of Angola rakes in more oil profits than Alberta, argues the Alberta Federation of Labour. According to an April 2011 government review obtained by the […]

Seeds of reform fail to germinate when report omits update to Occupational Health and Safety Act Edmonton – Workers in Alberta’s agriculture sector deserve better says the Alberta Federation of […]

EDMONTON – There’s no denying the public sector took a hit in the 2013 Alberta Budget. In fact, Gil McGowan, the President of the Alberta Federation of Labour claims Thursday’s […]

Alberta’s 2013 budget does little to address the province’s chronic revenue problems says the Alberta Federation of Labour Edmonton – In a province growing as rapidly as Alberta, a zero-per-cent […]

Edmonton – Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan will participate in the pre-budget lock-up alongside other stakeholder groups. McGowan says he has concerns about the direction that budget discussions […]

CALGARY — As the legislature opens today with the provincial budget ready for Thursday delivery, a new poll suggests the government has lost the trust of many Albertans. Sensing weakness, […]

Fact Sheet_Oil Companies’ Profits March 2013

Days ahead of the provincial budget, Alberta’s largest unions are calling on Premier Alison Redford to avoid Ralph Klein-like cuts to the public service in a bid to balance the […]

EDMONTON – In a show of unity, nurses, teachers and labour groups joined Monday to condemn “Klein-style cuts” they say are coming to public services in Thursday’s provincial budget. Premier […]

Nurses, teachers, health sciences professionals, and public employees urge government to listen to majority of Albertans Edmonton – Labour leaders are standing up for the majority of Albertans who do […]

EDMONTON – Labour leaders in Alberta have joined forces to say they don’t want to see public services cuts in Thursday’s provincial budget. The group consists of the Alberta Federation […]

Alberta Premier Alison Redford, desperate to cut costs amid a ballooning deficit, is angering the very labour groups she coveted for support during her leadership bid and last year’s election. […]

A $2.4 billion drop in resource revenue has put Alberta on pace for a deficit of between $3.5- and $4 billion — one of the highest deficits in history, Finance […]

A $2.4 billion drop in resource revenue has put Alberta on pace for a deficit of between $3.5- and $4 billion — one of the highest deficits in history, Finance […]

Fiscal update shows province has revenue problem, not a spending problem Edmonton – Alberta’s fiscal update shows a government disconnected from the economy it’s supposed to manage says the Alberta […]

The Redford government’s promise to keep building Alberta despite budget woes and bitumen bubbles could lead the province to embrace alternative financing to pay for high-priority construction projects. Premier Alison […]

The Redford government’s promise to keep building Alberta despite budget woes and bitumen bubbles could lead the province to embrace alternative financing to pay for high-priority construction projects. Premier Alison […]

According to experts inside Alberta Energy, it’s much more profitable to refine more of our oil before we ship it. Both the Alberta and federal governments are now pointing to […]

CALGARY — Premier Alison Redford was ready to declare the inaugural Alberta economic summit a success Saturday even without a consensus from the prominent Albertans who spent the day hashing […]

CALGARY – Premier Alison Redford’s first economic summit primed Albertans for a consumption tax, foreshadowed coming service cuts and reiterated the need to access new markets for oilsands products. Virtually […]

With academics and everyone but the Tories themselves realizing that the government is too dependent on energy royalties, it was obvious Saturday’s economic summit was little more than a feel-good […]

CALGARY – Alberta Premier Alison Redford says a sales tax isn’t on the agenda, even though many of the panellists at an economic summit that her government convened Saturday said […]

2013 Fact Sheet_Revenue, spending and public sector wages

Federation president to set the record straight on bitumen glut Edmonton – AFL president Gil McGowan will be tackling Alberta’s revenue problem this Saturday at the Alberta Economic Summit. The […]