A comment by Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage that the COVID-19 outbreak would be a great time to build a pipeline because of restraints put on protesters has drawn the attention of the world’s most famous teenage climate activist..“At least she’s being honest,” Greta Thunberg said in a tweet Tuesday..“Unfortunately this is how large parts of the world are run.” .Thunberg, 17, was responding to comments Savage made on a May 20 episode of the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drillers (CAODC) podcast. .“Now is a great time to be building a pipeline because you can’t have protests of more than 15 people,” Savage said.. Defying crackdown, hundreds march against lockdowns in Calgary .“As we go on and we get out of more immediate phases of COVID, people across Canada are not going to have tolerance and patience for protests that get in the way of people working.. Sonya SavageAlberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage .“People need jobs and those types of ideological protests that get in the way are not going to be tolerated by ordinary Canadians.”.Government House Leader Jason Nixon jumped to Savage’s defence at a press conference..“Minister Savage was not saying that the Alberta Government in any way would prevent somebody from legally protesting. We believe in a democratic right to be able to express their views inside democracy,” Nixon said..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
A comment by Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage that the COVID-19 outbreak would be a great time to build a pipeline because of restraints put on protesters has drawn the attention of the world’s most famous teenage climate activist..“At least she’s being honest,” Greta Thunberg said in a tweet Tuesday..“Unfortunately this is how large parts of the world are run.” .Thunberg, 17, was responding to comments Savage made on a May 20 episode of the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drillers (CAODC) podcast. .“Now is a great time to be building a pipeline because you can’t have protests of more than 15 people,” Savage said.. Defying crackdown, hundreds march against lockdowns in Calgary .“As we go on and we get out of more immediate phases of COVID, people across Canada are not going to have tolerance and patience for protests that get in the way of people working.. Sonya SavageAlberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage .“People need jobs and those types of ideological protests that get in the way are not going to be tolerated by ordinary Canadians.”.Government House Leader Jason Nixon jumped to Savage’s defence at a press conference..“Minister Savage was not saying that the Alberta Government in any way would prevent somebody from legally protesting. We believe in a democratic right to be able to express their views inside democracy,” Nixon said..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694