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AB payroll employee growth since June 2019 worst in Canada

Since June 2019, the month before the UCP implemented the Job Creation Tax Cut, Alberta has increased its payroll employees by barely half a percent, the worst performance of any province.

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Edmonton workers try to unionize retirement facility

Earlier this week, the Alberta Labour Relations Board published its new applications report and it includes a new application for union certification. The application was filed by Local 1099 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees on behalf of 57 workers employed at Revone Westmount LP. The company operates a retirement facility in Edmonton on […]

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AUPE accuses retirement home of unionbusting

The union claims the employer has disciplined 3 workers who were union chapter executives just because they were involved in organizing the union.

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UCP cut arts funding by $4.3 million

And that’s not counting inflation or population growth.

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Alberta saw largest increase in greenhouse gas emissions

Over the last 30 years, Alberta’s share of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions has increased dramatically.

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AB lost 4K companies with employees since Job Creation Tax Cut

That’s the largest loss of any province over the last 3 years.

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Métis Nation of Alberta to build 4.86 MW solar farm

Once operational, it’ll be able to reduce the equivalent of 4,700 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, the same amount of emissions generated by 10,000 gas-powered vehicles.

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Teamsters on a unionization spree in Alberta

The union recently filed 3 new applications for union certification of over 100 workers. That’s on top of another they filed earlier this month and one they filed in the spring.

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AB manufacturing sales see sudden decline

This is the first decrease in manufacturing sales since last September.

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What Martin Long left out about Alberta venture capital investments

Last week, Alberta’s small minister business parliamentary secretary boasted about new venture capital investments in Alberta. He left out some stuff though.