By Sheldon Spackman

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United We Roll for Canada embarks for Rally in Regina

Apr 2, 2019 | 3:52 PM

A group of central Albertans dedicated to creating awareness for Alberta’s oil and gas industry is uniting once again this month to protest Canada’s Carbon Tax.

United We Roll for Canada is heading to Regina on Wednesday for a rally in the Saskatchewan capital on Thursday (April 4).

Organizer Glen Carritt of Innisfail says the convoy will depart Gort’s Truck Wash at Edgar Industrial Park in Red Deer at 10:00 a.m.

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“We’re going to support those guys out in Regina and go down… they’ve got about 400 trucks planned to show their displeasure with the Carbon Tax.”

Carritt estimates between 10-20 trucks will make their way from Red Deer to Regina.

“We’re taking the firetruck that’s got 20,000 signatures out there just to show our support as a united country,” says Carritt. “We want to get a message out that we’re not happy with the Carbon Tax. We need to get our oil and gas sector back rolling but the big message here for Regina is it’s a tax that’s just not working.”

Carritt says the Carbon Tax does little to reduce emissions, with rebates going back to people not working well either.

“We just want to keep the pressure on the government to make sure that we have a government that listens to the people,” he exclaims. “Get rid of the Carbon Tax and get our oil and gas sector back in order.”

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is planning to speak at the rally.

Following Thursday’s rally in the Queen City, Carritt says a second convoy will make its way to Valleyview, AB on April 13. It will start in Red Deer then head to Calgary, Stony Plain, Edmonton and Grande Prairie along the way.

Carritt says it’ll be the “last push” before the provincial election on April 16.

“So that people can show their support for a government that’s going to champion our oil and gas sector,” adds Carritt. “Hopefully, it will be one of the last convoys and we don’t keep doing this because we all have to get back to work. It’s going to be a lot of the same family that went to Ottawa with us, we became a little bit of a family there and we just want to make some noise and make sure we get a government in that’s going to take care of our country.”

To join in on either convoy, Carritt encourages people to visit the United We Roll for Canada Facebook page.

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