Union Boss calls out Big Oil for scare mongering

Good article basically calling out the Oil & Gas Sector following their comments that increased royalties could cripple job growth and possibly result in layoffs:

"Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, said he's concerned that in the runup to the next provincial election, union members will get a strong message from their employers that they should support anyone who opposes new, stronger regulation of the province's energy royalty regime.

"We want to be sure that no one is taken in by this 'sky is falling' message that the industry is putting out - that if the recommendations are implemented, jobs will be lost," said McGowan. "We don't buy it. These are just scare tactics aimed at helping the energy industry keep an unreasonably large piece of the pie." "