Alberta truck convoy plans counter-protest to climate rally with Greta Thunberg
'Show Greta we do not need her yelling at us,' United We Roll says in Facebook post
Counter-protesters plan to rally in Edmonton on Friday when climate activist Greta Thunberg will join a climate strike at the Alberta legislature. (Andrej Ivanov/Reuters)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/greta-thunberg-edmonton-alberta-counterprotest-1.5324949
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A group of oil and gas supporters is planning a counter-rally when Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg shows up at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton on Friday.
Glen Carritt, who organized the United We Roll convoy that travelled to Ottawa in February, said a similar convoy will start in Red Deer, Alta., on Friday morning and make its way to Edmonton.
Carritt said the trucks are expected to arrive at the legislature at noon MT, when a climate rally is to begin with Thunberg, 16, who founded the Fridays For Future climate strikes that have galvanized young people around the world.
He said Albertans in the oil and gas sector are frustrated with celebrities visiting the province and telling them how to run their business.
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A bad look nationally: a bunch of grown men in dirty trucks honking at a young person worried about the climate. Scheer and the Conservatives have no climate plan but Trudeau does.
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