Screenshot from a video posted on Twitter by Shelia Gunn Reid: "I’ve already been walking for over a kilometre and I can’t see the end of these trucks," she said. On his way into Nisku, Alberta to attend a pro-pipeline rally on Wednesday, the leader of Canada’s official opposition had to get out and walk over an overpass. Why? The highway was clogged by more than 2,000 trucks in a convoy to demonstrate support for Canada’s oil and gas industry. Scheer tweeted en route about the “astounding” show of solidarity. The convoy and rally are part of a series of increasingly large public protests in Alberta in recent weeks aimed at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s lack of progress addressing the need for market access for Canadian oil, and the regulatory uncertainty Ottawa has created. There was another convoy of at least 700 trucks last weekend in Grande Prairie, and a crowd of 2,700 descended on Calgary City Hall on Monday to spread the same message. On Tuesday, Trudeau’s government announced $1.6 billion in aid for the oil and gas sector, primarily in loans with commercial rates, which was not received well in Alberta. Scheer, on the other hand, was […]
