This is part of the the Government of Alberta’s public relations campaign.
Ed Stelmach submitted this as a letter to the Washington Post, but the paper refused to print it. Ed Stelmach bought advertisement space and had it printed.
Alberta is now using the following quote from the « letter » in an electronic billboard advertising campaign at Times Square: « A good neighbour lends you a cup of sugar. A great neighbour supplies you with 1.4 million barrels of oil per day. »
More: « A shove from south of the border. » Gillian Steward, Toronto Star. September 14, 2010.
