[Looch City]

NDP at it again...tryin' a change our way of life.

Thousands sign petition against Alberta NDP's farm safety bill

If Bill 6 is passed into law, Alberta farm and ranch workers would no longer be excluded from Occupational Health and Safety protection — a right already held by agricultural employees in every other province in Canada.

The Increased Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act would also force the agricultural sector to provide minimum wage, vacation pay and Worker Compensation Board coverage.

"They do everything they can to make sure their children are safe, their employees are safe. Accidents happen, you know, like that's just part of life," Battle told the Calgary Eyeopener on Thursday morning.

In an email, Debby Devlin, a former Occupational Health and Safety Advisor for Alberta Health Services, said she was 'disgusted' by Battle's interview on CBC Radio Calgary.

"Her whining reminded me of that Gone With The Wind kind of pining for slavery. As in, how will we ever keep our wonderful way of life if we have to care about someone else?" said Devlin.

DG: People who run family restaurants, coffee shops. They're all regulated by the province. Why not farms and ranches? Why should there be a different set of rules?

SB: I guess, because farming is really the only industry left that, we're still free to do what we want. And by the government legislating this it is going to take that freedom away. We're the people that feed the province. So, you know, we should actually be able to say what we want.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...fety-1.3338226

They fit the stereotype so perfectly, you'd think it's an Onion article haha.