If Albertans employed in the energy sector ever wonder why some people underestimate the vast contributions made by the oil and gas industry to Albertas prosperity, a new ad from the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) provides a clue.
energy
Mars 25, 2012
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Février 22, 2012
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In an early February announcement with a local candidate near Edmonton, Wildrose leader Danielle Smith added her voice to those who want to offer incentives to attract investment for more refineries in Alberta. Smith said if elected Premier, she would make it more attractive for the private sector to invest in locally upgrading our bitumen product. Shannon Stubbs, the Wildrose candidate in Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville who accompanied Smith, urged the province to consider spearheading new upgrading technologythis as if companies are not already doing just that.
Novembre 17, 2011
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The European Commission was wrongheaded when, in October, it singled out oil extracted from Canada's tar sands' by proposing a higher carbon-emissions value for it than for other sources of fossil fuel.
Juillet 22, 2011
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In a recent book on womens rights in the Middle East and North Africa, one contributor, who analyzed Saudi Arabia, concluded that nation remains a country without the basic freedoms necessary for civil society to take root. Eleanor Abdella Doumato chronicled the Saudi prohibition on political parties, the lack of free speech, restrictions on the media, religion and assembly, the illegality of trade unions and the severe restrictions on womens rights.
Mai 30, 2011
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Septembre 27, 2010
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