VOL. 69 NO. 44
66 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Brian Jean sits with local people from Vegreville to talk to them about their concerns about the policies being implemented by the Alberta Government.
Brian Jean visits Vegreville Joe Machney Reporter Brian Jean, the leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Wildrose Party, made a stop at Vegreville the morning of October 25 enroute to Lloydminster to talk with local people about his concerns as well as their own concerns about the current state of the province. Alongside him was Wes Taylor MLA for Battle River and Wainwright. This stop was one of many on his On Your Side tour across Alberta, which is all about what he calls his parties message of hope. Through this, Jean said many Albertans have been voicing their concerns regarding a number of the New Democrats policies
such as carbon tax, accelerated shutdown of coal-fired power generation, and the overall current economic state. “People are very worried about some of the ideological steps that the NDP had taken, in particular the carbon tax coming in January and of course the accelerated cut down of coal that is inconsistent with the rest of North America and obviously the inconsistency with the rest of Canada. They are also worried about the economic damage that does at a time when we can least afford it,” Jean said. “Another ideological policy that people are worried about is Bill 6 the farm workers legislation. But right now with the economic
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