Tag: Oil Sands and Energy
Report says Northern Gateway pipeline will create ‘price shock’ across Canada
Former ICBC boss says predicted rise in cost of oil serious risk to economy EDMONTON — A new report says the Northern Gateway pipeline will boost crude oil prices $2 […]
Read more »More calls for Canada to grow its energy upgrading and refining business
A well respected Canadian CEO and some labour leaders are ramping up their opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline project. Robyn Allan has published an 80 page report, examining the […]
Read more »5 reasons shipping oil to Asia is not in the national interest
When will Harper stop thinking as an oil CEO and start acting like he is prime minister of Canada? VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 27, 2012/ Troy Media/ – One of the […]
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 »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 »New evidence shows Lobbyist Registrar missed the mark in his report on cozy relationship between government and energy industry: AFL calls for new investigation based on documents showin…
EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour today released new evidence that sheds more light on the energy industry’s extraordinary influence over government public communication plans on shale gas and […]
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 »November 2011: Canadian Wheat Board; Keystone XL decision; Occupy Movement; health and safety blitzes
Prairie labour groups defend Canadian Wheat Board The The Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Federations of Labour united to defend the Canadian Wheat Board against attack from the Harper government. In […]
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 »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 »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. […]
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