Alberta Wildrose Leader Brian Jean says death threats and violent comments directed at Premier Rachel Notley and the NDP government over a controversial farm safety bill need to stop — and if they don’t, he’ll call in the cops.

“Over the last few days, I’ve seen far too many hateful and even violent social media posts directed towards our political opponents,” Jean wrote on his Facebook page Friday.

“This needs to stop. These kinds of comments cross all bounds of respect and decency and have absolutely no place in our political discourse. This is not how Albertans behave.

“As you all know, I have a zero tolerance policy for such comments on this page, and I want to thank the vast majority of visitors for their respectful contributions. As a legislator and an officer of the court I have an obligation to forward criminal threats to the authorities and I will do so.” Jean’s comments come as rural Alberta remains infuriated over the NDP government’s handling of its controversial farm safety bill – Bill 6 – which passed third reading on Thursday. The legislation makes Worker Compensation Board coverage mandatory on Alberta farms with paid, non-family employees. Thousands of farmers and ranchers have protested the legislation in recent weeks, blocking provincial highways with convoys of farm equipment. More rallies are planned for next week. On Thursday, the CTV Lethbridge comment page was inundated with death threats directed at the premier and Alberta politicians, with one commentator writing that “someone’s gotta man up and kill her, dibs out.” Hey @CTVLethbridge, you should get your Facebook moderator to look into these #Bill6 death threats on ur page #ABLegpic.twitter.com/yzEWR3HMtj — Brian LaBelle (@brianlabelle) December 11, 2015 Alberta Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd, a former cow-calf operator, was reduced to tears Thursday as she spoke in the Legislature about the threats. “I, myself, was somewhat concerned to go home last week,” she told her colleagues while wiping away tears. “I do know now what it’s like to be cyberbullied. I do know now what it’s like to have threats.” On Friday, the Alberta RCMP said they were aware of the threats. “We have received a number of posts regarding comments posted online about public figures. Thank you for your concern,” the agency tweeted.