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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2016
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Brian Jean visits Vegreville
Brian Jean sits with local people from Vegreville to talk to
them about their concerns about the policies being imple-
mentedby theAlbertaGovernment.
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 ideo-
logical 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 inconsis-
tency 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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