Hon. Ralph Klein,

Premier of Alberta,

Edmonton

Dear Premier Klein,

During and since the recent federal election, we have been among a large number of Albertans discussing the future of our province. We were not dismayed by the outcome of the election so much as by the strategy employed by the current federal government to secure its re-election. In our view, the Chrétien government undertook a series of attacks not merely designed to defeat its partisan opponents, but to marginalize Alberta and Albertans within Canada’s political system.