The war against the carbon tax and support for the pipeline reached a new sense of urgency Saturday as a new group The Yellowvests Yorkton and Area held a public rally on Broadway Street.
Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbreit was invited by the organizers to say a few words to his constituents.
鈥淚 appreciate what they鈥檙e doing,鈥澛� he said of the efforts of the organizers.
鈥淭he carbon tax won鈥檛 help the environment. Right now, we鈥檙e seeing Alberta and Saskatchewan oil -- fairly and ethically sourced oil -- being limited. Why are we importing 鈥榙irty oil鈥� from places that don鈥檛 care about the safety of their workers?鈥�
The pipeline, the protest organizers say, are sorely needed.
鈥淵ou know, people see that shiny $300 carbon tax credit, but what they don鈥檛 see is what it鈥檚 going to cost them in the long run,鈥� said Randy Trost, RM of Orkney Reeve.
鈥淭hat three hundred bucks is not that much. We have one rail right now to move a ton of product. It鈥檚 like trying to push it through a straw. -- it鈥檚 not enough. I want to see our people working. The pipeline will create jobs -- and lots of good people need jobs.鈥�
Trost says the costs will just be pushed around.
鈥淭he Trudeau Government can鈥檛 hike GST by another 10 per cent so they鈥檙e doing that. We鈥檝e got good products to move into markets that are struggling because of this. Everything we have will cost way too much; lettuce, fuel, everything.鈥�
Neil Schuler, the organizer of the rally, is the leader of the Yellowvests Yorkton and Area. A father, long haul transport operator and oil rig veteran, said all he鈥檚 trying to do is get a voice at the table in Ottawa.
鈥淲e鈥檙e only doing this because we feel the Liberals aren鈥檛 listening to us,鈥� Schuler said.
鈥淭his carbon tax, we鈥檙e the ones at the end of the street that are paying for it. We need to make our government accountable. We just want to be heard.鈥�
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