It should perhaps come as no surprise the Wildrose party did not like much of Tuesday's Speech From The Throne.

Livingstone-MacLeod MLA Pat Stier says there wasn't much in the speech, and what was in it is not going to help Albertans who are out of work.

"Albertans  these days are really worried, they're frustrated, they're afraid and they're anxious and overall there's a lack of trust...," he says. "They're looking for some hope and some plan there to help us grow jobs etc., and that certainly wasn't there."

Stier says the spectre of the carbon tax still hangs over Albertans and everyone is going to end up paying more including large and small businesses and that means fewer opportunities for hiring.

As for the Premier's assertion that it'll encourage people to reduce their carbon footprint to save money, Stier says rural residents, have to travel more than people in the city.

"We're not a heavily populated area, we certainly have some sparse areas and people usually travel for extended distances and times to get to various appointments that they make whether it's for health reasons or otherwise, and so this kind of a tax at this moment in time when our economy is such grave danger of really not seeing anything positive, is the wrong tome to do that," Stier says. "We're hoping that we can, with some of our ideas that we're going to be launching here right away, show them that they could provide some relief to families and not be going into such great detail on how much they're going to tax us and how much they're going to fight the carbon situation versus helping Albertans in their day-to-day needs.

Stier says he's waiting on the April 14 budget to see just how the tax will be implemented and how the rebates will work and who will qualify for them.