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A section of a very long line of Albertans who came out to pick up a Forever Canadian lawn sign on at the grand opening of the Forever Canadian campaign office on May 23.<\/p>\n
Forever Canadian is one of several campaigns now underway to stand up for Canada. Several members of the Alberta NDP caucus, which has launched its own door-to-door For Alberta, For Canada<\/a> campaign, were on hand to show their support for Lukaszuk\u2019s work.<\/p>\n NDP deputy leader Rakhi Pancholi said the two campaigns will complement each other and encouraged Albertans to sign up to \u201cas many campaigns as they can\u201d to keep up to date on the real battle of Alberta.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we should all work together as much as possible,\u201d she said. \u201cMany of the people here are supporters of our party but there\u2019s also supporters of other parties and that\u2019s a wonderful thing. We should all be going out there together and fighting for Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n She added it was \u201cappalling\u201d the government was focusing on referendums when so much of the public service in need of funding.<\/p>\n \u201cI have three schools that have gone to a lottery because there are kids doing chemistry labs in the hallways,\u201d said Pancholi. \u201cThis not a fiscally responsible government. They have their own pet projects and they\u2019re using taxpayer dollars to pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n While no members of the United Conservative Party were present, conservatives who identify as Canadians were out in droves to show their support as well. Several former members of the now-defunct Progressive Conservative party were on hand to show their support for the effort.<\/p>\n Progressive Tory candidate Bonnie Critchley said being Canadian means far more than being a conservative, liberal or social democrat.<\/p>\n \u201cI spent 22-plus years serving this country,\u201d she said. \u201cI have been all over this country and the world. Alberta is home, Canada is home \u2014 and they are one in the same.<\/p>\n \u201cI will stand side by side with the NDP and anybody else and support Mr. Lukazsuk. This is non-partisan, this is home. This is our country. We need to do this together.\u201d<\/p>\n Supporters of Canada let out a cheer as they gather in northwest Edmonton to support the Forever Canadian campaign and its sister movements on May 23.<\/p>\n Lukazsuk noted this is the first fully bilingual campaign.<\/p>\n Association canadienne-fran\u00e7aise de l\u2019Alberta chairperson Nathalie Lachance said the right to speak the French language was guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and French-Canadian Albertans were ready to stand up for their 270 years of history in the area.<\/p>\n \u201cFrancophone rights are enshrined in federal law,\u201d she said. \u201cThat protection for us is crucial for the survival of our community and for it to continue to thrive and be as diversified as it is today.\u201d<\/p>\n Even if the separatist movement sputters out, the damage of their ambitions is already showing, said Edmonton-Centre Liberal MP Eleanor Olszewski.<\/p>\n She said she\u2019s spoken to a number of businesses who are concerned about the long-term investment prospects for the province as separatists whittle away business confidence in the future of the Alberta Advantage.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development I\u2019ve heard from business leaders how harmful this is to investment in this province,\u201d she said. \u201cI just can\u2019t say how important it is for each and every voice that\u2019s here to continue to stand up for our province and our country.\u201d<\/p>\n ebowling@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n Related<\/p>\n Bookmark our website and support our journalism: Don\u2019t miss the news you need to know \u2014 add EdmontonJournal.com<\/a> and EdmontonSun.com<\/a> to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.<\/a><\/p>\n You can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber. 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