Tag: royalties
AFL Releases Royalty Research – AFL
Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour’s work has been driven by one crucial message: Albertans are the owners of Alberta’s plentiful non-renewable resources and therefore deserve a fair royalty […]
Read more »DATE CHANGE: Labour Federation Releases Royalty Research – AFL
URGENT MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 When: 1:00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: This date has been changed from a previous advisory. Monday, February 1, 2016 Where: Amber […]
Read more »Labour Federation Releases Royalty Research – AFL
Media Advisory for Immediate Release Friday, January 22, 2016 When: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Where: Amber B room Matrix Hotel 10640 – 100 Ave. NW Edmonton Who: AFL […]
Read more »Let’s Talk Royalties Backgrounder – AFL
WHAT IS HAPPENING? The new Government of Alberta – following through on an election promise – has appointed a Royalty Review Panel to ensure Albertans get a fair price for […]
Read more »Albertans paying more for less
Provincial budget hurts front-line services as government blames workers Edmonton – Alberta’s 2015 budget shows that the government has public services in the crosshairs. The budget, tabled on Thursday, March […]
Read more »March 2015: Sign the BWA petition; BWA campaign turns a mirror on Tory mismanagement; Looming TFW deportations highlight inhumanity of program
Urgent Action Sign the Better Way Alberta petition The Better Way Alberta coalition is urging the government to fix the province’s broken revenue system. And we’re asking you to sign […]
Read more »Internal budget document contradicts misleading mail out
Province does not collect fair share for conventional oil and gas Calgary – Alberta is close to last place in collecting a fair share of royalties from conventional oil and […]
Read more »2011 Combined Royalty and Tax Measure Chart
The budget document includes a chart showing that every U.S. state is ahead of Alberta in collecting a fair share. The measurement used – called Combined Royalty and Tax Measure […]
Read more »Media Advisory: Rock-bottom Royalties Costing Albertan Billions
Government mail-out misleading about efforts to collect fair share for taxpayers Alberta is nearly in last place in collecting a fair share of royalties from conventional oil and gas. On […]
Read more »2013 Backgrounder_Conventional Oil and Gas Royalties
2013 BackgrounderConventional Oil and Gas Royalties
Read more »Bitumen bubble B.S.
/The government saw it coming according to documents The Alberta Federation of Labour claims the Alberta government was warned in 2010 a cut in energy royalties would result in a […]
Read more »Angola profits more from oil than Alberta: AFL
/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 […]
Read more »2013 Backgrounder_Unconventional royalty breaks caused last year’s deficit
Unconventional royalty breakscaused last year’s deficit: confidentialgovernment documents
Read more »Tories knew decision would lead to deficit
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 […]
Read more »Alberta facing questions on the prices of energy sources
/The Province is facing some intense scrutiny on the prices of it’s energy sources. The criticism comes after a leaked report suggesting Alberta is not doing a great job at […]
Read more »Alberta facing questions on the prices of energy sources
/The Province is facing some intense scrutiny on the prices of it’s energy sources. The criticism comes after a leaked report suggesting Alberta is not doing a great job at […]
Read more »Alberta’s largest union urges government to increase oilsands royalty rates
/The Alberta Federation of Labour claims it has obtained a government report which shows the province is getting less for it’s heavy oil compared to other jurisdictions with a similar […]
Read more »Angolans get more for their oil than Albertans
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 […]
Read more »Update: Alberta unions denounce ‘Klein-style cuts’ coming in budget
/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 […]
Read more »Advocates spar over government investment in new bitumen upgraders
/Report says Alberta will be upgrading 26 per cent of bitumen by 2025 EDMONTON – A labour group on Tuesday urged a government committee to support construction of new upgraders […]
Read more »Alberta on pace for $3.5-$4 billion deficit: finance minister
/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 […]
Read more »Report says time running out for Canadian oil producers to access Pacific Rim
/CALGARY – A research paper is reinforcing the idea that Canada’s resource industry is at risk of being left behind internationally if it doesn’t find a way to get oil […]
Read more »Sales tax discussion dominates economic summit
/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 […]
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