Tag: oil sands

Proponents of pipeline seem to be deliberately misleading the public and the media Edmonton – Earlier today, TransCanada Pipelines officially filed an application with the National Energy Board (NEB) to […]

Third-party economist’s report shows value-added enterprises would be highly profitable in Alberta Edmonton — A new, comprehensive report on the economics of upgrading and refining in Western Canada shows that […]

Upgrading Our Future: The Economics of In-Province Upgrading The report, entitled “Upgrading Our Future: The Economics of In-Province Upgrading,” was released on Monday, Oct. 6, at an event featuring Alberta […]

Stop Sending Canadian Jobs Down the Pipeline!

Documents released by AFL show TFWs are being used to suppress wages in oil sands-related construction; some businesses fill more than half their jobs with TFWs Edmonton – Internal government […]

AFL calls on federal AG to investigate safety concerns surrounding fast-track program for TFWs in oil sands construction EDMONTON – Worker safety is being put at risk by lack of […]

TFWs will be moved to another project, but it remains unclear if fired Canadians will get their jobs back Edmonton – The company involved in a TFW scandal on Imperial […]

Federation of Labour supports East-West connections that keep refining and upgrading jobs in Canada Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour President submitted final arguments to the National Energy Board […]

Energy East no solution on its own, but creates opportunity for upgrading in Canada EDMONTON – The Energy East pipeline is a two-edged sword warns the Alberta Federation of Labour. […]

URGENT ACTION Free Workshop on Access to Information on Friday, June 28 The Alberta Federation of Labour will host a “Lunch and Learn” workshop covering the basics of Alberta’s Freedom […]

AFL to make final arguments against Northern Gateway Pipeline EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour is making the case that the Northern Gateway Pipeline is not in the best […]

TERRACE, B.C. — Enbridge Inc. shot back at critics of its proposed Northern Gateway pipeline Monday, arguing the project is making enormous and costly commitments to avoid accidents and that […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour gave its final arguments against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline on Monday, begging the joint review panel to reject the project. At a hearing in […]

AFL Final Written Argument Northern Gateway Pipeline

When Alberta’s oil sands started being commercially developed almost 50 years ago, the biggest challenge for companies was finding cost-effective production technologies. Producers such as Sun Oil Company (now Suncor […]

Internal report in 2010 warned of fiscal consequences from royalty cut Edmonton – Recently uncovered internal reports show that the Government of Alberta had long predicted this year’s deficits and […]

The demise of the $11.6-billion Voyageur upgrader project won’t change the Redford government’s hands-off approach around oilsands processing, provincial Energy Minister Ken Hughes said Thursday. Hughes also suggested the Progressive […]

Albertans collect lower revenues from heavy crude oil than war-torn African nation Calgary – Albertans are getting less for our heavy crude oil than other nations with comparable resources, according […]

2013 Backgrounder_Oil Sands Royalties

2013 AFL Submission of outstanding ?s to Standing Com. on AB’s Economic Future Study of BRIK Program

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 […]

Fact Sheet_Oil Companies’ Profits March 2013

In front of a government panel on Tuesday, a labour group argued in favour of increasing refining operations in Alberta, instead of sending unprocessed bitumen to foreign refineries. Alberta Federation […]

AFL to highlight advantage of in-province upgrading in presentation to Redford Government Edmonton – Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan will promote the benefits of the bitumen bubble on […]