Alberta Wide Rally: Standup for Democracy November 5th, 2016

The Alberta Wide Rally held on November 5th, 2016 in eleven cities across Alberta. Friends of Science participated by providing speakers and signs in four cities. The rally marked the start of gathering signatures on a petition for a referendum on the carbon tax. The Calgary event was at the McDougall Centre, downtown at noon.

Michelle Stirling is the Communications Manager of Friends of Science. Her speech is here.

Ken Gregory is the FriendsofScience.org webmaster and author of the climate science newsletter. His speech is here.

 Ken Gregory at Calgary Alberta Wide Rally 2016-11-05

Above: Ken Gregory speaking at Calgary

 Calgary rally November 5, 2016

Above: Calgary rally.

Red Deer rally November 5, 2016

Above: Red Deer rally at City Hall. Norm Kalmanovitch of Friends of Science was a speaker at the rally. His speech is here.

Lethbridge rally November 5, 2016

Above: Lethbridge rally at Galt Gardens. Paul Hinman at the left, Ron Davison, P.Eng., of Friends of Science at the right was a speaker at the rally.

Airdrie rally next to the co-op car wash. Dr. John Harper, FGSA, FGAC, Professional Geologist, of Friends of Science was a speaker at the rally. His speech is here.

Other rallies:

Edmonton rally at the Legislative Building
Brooks rally at the Heritage Inn
Grand Prairies rally at Jubilee Park
Hanna rally at the Round Up Center
Ft McMurray rally at the Franklin Avenue Provincial Building
Camrose rally starts at ICON
Drayton Valley rally at 5702-50th Ave A St.
Medicine Hat Rally at the Tee Pee visitors center
 

See the Alberta Rally Press Releases here and here.

See the Carbon Tax Referendum website here for more information on the petition for a referendum on the carbon tax. [This website is still under construction.]

 


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