Albertans First anti-Bill 6 petition comes to Toifield

Wesley Huseby and Darryl Kropielnicki brought their Albertans First trailer to Tofield to gather signatures on a plebiscite opposing the NDP government’s Bill 6 and a carbon tax.

The two Ryley area farmers are part of the Albertans First Plebiscite Warriors who were roaming the province to gain enough signatures to force the government to hold a plebiscite on the farm safety act and the introduction of a carbon tax. However, both men agree there is no set number of signatures that can trigger this action.

Tuesday, March 7 was the last day before all the signatures were to be gathered up and presented to the Lieut.-Gov. Lois Mitchell. On Tuesday, March 8 a protest at the Legislature led by Albertans First leader George Clark revealed the total number of people who signed the petition to be 164,683.

Between 2,000 and 2,500 people collected the names from … FOR MORE SEE THE MARCH 15/16 MERCURY