National Day of Mourning marked in Calgary
Posted Apr 28, 2015 11:56 pm.
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169 Albertans who were killed on provincial job sites in 2014 were remembered at a ceremony at Calgary City Hall Tuesday afternoon to mark the National Day of Mourning.
The gathering was a way to remember and mourn the loss of those killed, but also a reminder to enforce and improve health and safety laws across the province.
President of the Calgary and District Labour Council, Alexander Shevalier, says there is plenty of work to be done.
“There hasn’t been much in terms of development. The best we can say is that there are more health and safety inspectors. That’s the only development that we have, that the government has sort of moved upon. They continue to be recalcitrant when it comes to foreign workers, and that exclusion continues,” said Shevalier.
With the provincial election less than a week away, Shevalier hopes Albertans will take notice of the issue and give their vote to one of the two parties that support change to the province’s health and safety regulations, which he claims are the Liberals and NDP.
