United We Roll convoy organizer says supporters will get donations as promised

Some supporters of the convoy have taken to social media to say Carritt is not distributing funds to cover accommodations and fuel expenses as promised.

“We are having to set up emergency donations as we can’t get our people back as Glen has not accounted for the money, won’t answer questions and did not plan to get these members back home,” Peggy-Lee Glenn from Sexsmith, AB wrote on Facebook.

“I’ve been supporting the convoy with my own personal business credit cards just to make sure everybody’s got hotel rooms covered. We had a guy that blew out some tires, so we covered that for him,” Carritt retorts. “The rumours are coming from sour grapes, and they’re also saying that I left the convoy, but I can tell you I’m still in the truck riding with the boys and girls.”

All in all, Carritt believes the convoy, which began in Red Deer on Valentine’s Day and made its way east over four days with stops for rallies along the way, was very successful.

“It’s been overwhelmingly fantastic with all the support we’ve been getting along the way. Every town that we’ve gone through, there’s been a few hundred people lined up,” he says. “Ontario was the biggest surprise because there was so much through the valley. We pulled into Sault St. Marie and there were probably 1500 people and six BBQs.”

Carritt says about 150 vehicles made the convoy’s final destination of Parliament Hill, while many more came out to show their support. Included in that group were Red Deer MPs Earl Dreeshen and Blaine Calkins, as well as Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer and People’s Party leader Maxime Bernier.

“Quite a few MPs reached out to us, and they spent some time on it in Question Period,” the Innisfail town councillor remarked. “We’ve given them a little bit of ammunition to keep moving forward with our oil and gas industry.”

Carritt says the next step is getting back to Red Deer, which they should achieve on Monday, and then it’s up to Albertans to contact their local MPs and MLAs to let them know how they feel.

Convoy participants have demanded the Liberal government scrap the carbon tax and two bills that overhaul environmental assessments of energy projects and ban oil tankers from the northern coast of British Columbia.

(with files from The Canadian Press)

by Josh Hall and Troy Gillard

United We Roll convoy organizer says supporters will get donations as promised

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