Tag: Political Action

Other than Canadian political parties themselves, the Fraser Institute must be Canada’s most intensely political organization. Notwithstanding its pious mission statement — “to measure, study, and communicate the impact of […]

OTTAWA – The second half of the NDP leadership race is starting much like the first, with candidates striving to demonstrate momentum through a raft of endorsements from New Democrat […]

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 […]

Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour applauds the Obama administration’s decision to delay the Keystone XL pipeline, saying it will give the Redford government an opportunity to pursue value-added […]

EDMONTON — Alberta politicians celebrated Jack Layton’s legacy Monday, saluting his lifelong commitment to public service and his passionate defence of immigrant, vulnerable and working Canadians. The 61-year-old leader of […]

Like the little critters in the Stampede midway’s Whack a Mole, signs of a fall election are suddenly popping up all over Alberta’s political landscape. First came the announcement by […]

Union Spring-Summer 2010: Labour & Politics

Union Spring-Summer 2009: Solidarity in Hard Times: Building a stronger labour movement

Getting Serious: The Role of Unions in Alberta’s Changing Political Landscape (April 2011) AFL political action paper presented to AFL 47th Constitutional Convention, April 28 to May 1, 2011 Over […]

Alberta needs a revolution in political thinking and that will require going back to the future to recall the kind of thinking that helped establish the province. A hundred years […]

The application process is now under way for a new cohort of Next Up participants. This is an amazing, intensive and transformative program for young social change activists between the […]

Have your say on health-care reform! The Alberta government is hosting 28 “invitation-only” meetings around the province as it plans sweeping changes to the health-care system. Friends of Medicare, supported […]

Despite all the spin, the recent budget is a cutting budget While the Stelmach government boosted health-care spending and held the line on education spending, in other ministries it was […]

Wrong Way! Stelmach vows to proceed with attacks on health care … In his recent televised address to the province, Premier Ed Stelmach vowed to press on with plans for […]

Entrenching Exploitation: Canada’s Shameful Record on TFWs In its latest report on the working and living conditions of Temporary Foreign Workers, the AFL’s Foreign Worker Advocate reports that things are […]

Yes, UNIONS can! AFL Action Plan for Building Union Power (April 2009) AFL action plan presented to AFL 46th Constitutional Convention, April 23-26, 2009

A year after Premier Ed Stelmach said he was considering electoral reforms to limit outside advertising during campaigns, a government backbencher is introducing a private members’ bill that would do […]

Let’s Make Parliament Work – Support the New Coalition Stephen Harper has failed. He promised in the election to make the minority government work and to address the economic crisis. […]

Making Gains for All: Political Change During a Boom (May 2007) Policy paper adopted at AFL 45th Constitutional Convention, May 10-13, 2007