Today’s decision by Premier Ed Stelmach to halt the plan to allow seismic testing on Alberta’s Marie Lake can certainly be heralded as a triumph for the residents of the area! The community around Marie Lake did a fantastic job of organizing themselves to lobby the government to ensure the protection of Alberta’s bodies of water. Citizens are becoming increasingly fed up with a government that doesn’t listen to voters’ concerns they are sending clear signals that they won’t take it anymore! After posing numerous questions to the government in the Legislature, and working closely with the citizens’ action group of Marie Lake, I am pleased that the Premier has chosen this course. This really is democracy in action! I think that this victory is part of a larger movement by concerned citizens that will bring about change in Alberta towards more responsible management and stewardship of our land and water. As Don Savard of the Marie Lake Air and Watershed Society said, today is “a wonderful day for Albertans…..Maybe Albertans are getting the government back.‘‘ Change is in the air, and hope is on the horizon!

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Oilweek Magazine: Alberta Government Halts Plans to Allow Seismic Testing on Marie Lake