An Alberta county has adopted a motion demanding the provincial government take steps towards easing their COVID-19 restrictions..The motion in Wheatland County passed by a vote of 5-2 Tuesday night and will now be forwarded to Premier Jason Kenney and his cabinet..Coun. Jason Wilson, told the Western Standard his constituents aren’t happy with Kenney and his COVID-19 pandemic restrictions..“It continues to go from bad to worse,” said Wilson, admitting he has coffee with some of his constituents, also a breach of pandemic laws..He said the fiasco that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s vaccine rollout has become shows Alberta is better to go it alone.. REVISED: Wheatland County calls on Kenney to ease COVID restrictionsJason Wilson .“This proves how little Alberta needs Canada. If we were independent, we could have everyone vaccinated by now,” said Wilson adding his area’s disappointment that Kenney’s loosening of regulations on Monday only allowed libraries to reopen..“By sending the motion to Premier Kenney we hope to see a different approach from them and a faster pace of things.”.It’s not the first time Wilson has disagreed with Kenney..A 2019 motion by Wilson, called for an end to equalization payments, the creation of a provincial police force, be in charge of collecting Alberta income tax revenue and control of immigration..The Kenney government has made slight steps to getting a better deal for the province in Confederation. He has formed the Alberta Parole Board and set up panels to study other issue like taxation and setting up a provincial police force..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
An Alberta county has adopted a motion demanding the provincial government take steps towards easing their COVID-19 restrictions..The motion in Wheatland County passed by a vote of 5-2 Tuesday night and will now be forwarded to Premier Jason Kenney and his cabinet..Coun. Jason Wilson, told the Western Standard his constituents aren’t happy with Kenney and his COVID-19 pandemic restrictions..“It continues to go from bad to worse,” said Wilson, admitting he has coffee with some of his constituents, also a breach of pandemic laws..He said the fiasco that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s vaccine rollout has become shows Alberta is better to go it alone.. REVISED: Wheatland County calls on Kenney to ease COVID restrictionsJason Wilson .“This proves how little Alberta needs Canada. If we were independent, we could have everyone vaccinated by now,” said Wilson adding his area’s disappointment that Kenney’s loosening of regulations on Monday only allowed libraries to reopen..“By sending the motion to Premier Kenney we hope to see a different approach from them and a faster pace of things.”.It’s not the first time Wilson has disagreed with Kenney..A 2019 motion by Wilson, called for an end to equalization payments, the creation of a provincial police force, be in charge of collecting Alberta income tax revenue and control of immigration..The Kenney government has made slight steps to getting a better deal for the province in Confederation. He has formed the Alberta Parole Board and set up panels to study other issue like taxation and setting up a provincial police force..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
