The editor:
For years the oil sector and the farming community have worked together, through partnerships.
Thousands of wells have been drilled. Oil has been recovered, trucked and shipped to markets. The two resources need each other in order to provide for their communities and families in one way or another.
Through land deals, both have prospered. Now they find themselves at a crossroad, wondering which direction the governmental policies will take them. Prices continually go down and costs go up, and for either sector to make money, it’s looking less feasible as the federal governmentès carbon pricing looms.
Now more than ever, the oil sector and the farming community must come together to fight for their industry, and stand their ground, for it is through this very ground that both oil and seed is grown.
From the dust a movement is on the horizon, one that will gather the masses and come together to show its strength and support for each other, one last wagon trek, a Convoy to Ottawa of epic proportions to prove that frustration has taken its toll with this Liberal government that wants equalization payments that we now cannot provide, so we will stand together until something changes to put this train back on the tracks.
Please join us in making history and be part of this Convoy as we make our way across the country in peaceful protest and take back what is rightfully ours, our glorious Canada.
Jay Riedel
Estevan
