April 25, 2012
Globe and Mail - Canadian companies that want to bring in highly skilled foreign workers temporarily will be able to do so faster and pay them less under new federal immigration rules aimed at addressing the country’s persistent labour shortages.
April 13, 2012
Globe and Mail - As Alberta’s political landscape continues to shift, there’s one issue leaders – polarized as they might be – can "hopefully" agree on, writes Richard Truscott of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
March 20, 2012
Postmedia News - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling on the federal and provincial governments to develop a joint, long-term strategy to address Alberta's labour shortages.
February 11, 2012
Calgary Herald - Small business owners are experiencing a return to labour shortages as workers get lured back to oil
mega-projects that continue to ramp up in the Prairies and northern Alberta. The majority are finding
themselves unprepared again, according to a recent survey.
January 18, 2012
Calgary Herald - It has long been expected that the federal government was going to make spending cuts, but here's some trimming of another sort that should be universally cheered.
January 17, 2012
Edmonton Sun - Alberta Premier Alison Redford has launched a red tape reduction task force, but critics so far are unimpressed.
