Over 300 people arrived at the Alberta Legislature on Sunday, September 13 to rally against the New Democratic Party (NDP) government.
Members of the group known as “Albertans against the NDP” headed to the Edmonton Legislature Grounds for the Stand up for Alberta Rally.
John Satink, of Drumheller, who spoke at the rally, said this is the movement of Albertans against the NDP.
Satink said, “I don’t know how to get the word out to people and be politically correct except to call it exactly what it is.”
He said many people spoke at the protest about their feelings on the NDP government.
“There has been too much silence from the normal public, the media has capitalized on that and put forward the government,” he told The Mail.
“The people standing there, they volunteered to be there. There is no political party supporting this (rally). There is nobody pulling the strings on this, the people who (were) standing there, we’re the ones, with help from everybody to get it going,” he said.
Satink said Lorne Murfitt drives the red truck seen around many communities in Alberta. The truck has a sign in the bed and on the tailgate explaining about the rally and reads, “Albertans against the NDP. Stand up for Alberta. Protect your future, province and Canada.”
“This is the idea of what is going on and we are hoping that people catch on. There is a rally coming up in Strathmore. In that rally there are trucks leaving Red Deer and collecting other trucks along the way. These are oil company trucks, these are people in the building industry, these are people that have a stake in this economy and they are coming in a rally to try and get the point across. No NDP,” Satink explained.
Satink said he is “terrified of this government because there is very inexperienced people in government.”
“It is like I said at the rally, they got thrown into this position by the media. There are some very good politicians and then there are some that really don’t have enough experience. They will have in 10 years, but to manage this province right now, on the verge of a heavy recession, declining oil prices, political unrest, is not the time to be learning,” he said.
He said people who are a part of the Albertans against NDP are “extremely concerned” about the province’s future and their welfare.
The group's words are, “Either go right, or go out,” he explained.
Satink reported that only one protestor approached him on the stage at the rally and he was taken care of by people in the crowd quietly and police removed him.
The rally in Strathmore will be held on Saturday, September 19. Anyone interested in more information can go to the Albertans against NDP Facebook page.
