Background and Numbers for Adler on Line - Wednesday, September 28th at 2:30 p.m. (Mountain time)

Jim Harris, leader of the Green Party of Canada will be calling into you from Olds College in Alberta.

Basically Jim Harris will traveling Alberta to visit and talk to Albertans, to let them know the Green Party wants to start looking at issues through a new set of eyes. He will also be addressing the issue of the agenda that the current political parties want to adopt in the fall sitting of the Parliament. The Green Party of Canada believes that agenda is not what Canadians want their politicians to be doing. The Green Party of Canada believes Canadians want real issues to be dealt with. Issues that have larger vision of the future of Canada at their heart.

o Alberta puts $1 billion into the fund, the Feds match it with $1 billion taken from the GST realized from the increased prices of fossil fuels.

o Rapid and public transportation projects, help to lure manufactures of new environmentally friendly products to areas of Canada, outside of the traditional manufacturing centre in Ontario, funded with the GST realized from the increased prices of fossil fuels the GST realized from the increased prices of fossil fuels.

During Mr. Harris' visit he will be using a 2004 Toyota Prius Hybrid car, supplied by CATCO here in Calgary, www.catco-op.org.

CATCO is a member-owned democratic co-operative, incorporated to promote, develop and operate transportation alternatives in Calgary. Our purpose is to:

Promote and encourage the use of more sustainable modes of transportation
Develop and operate a car sharing co-operative
Assist members is developing alternative transportation methods
Develop educational strategies focusing on more sustainable transportation
Develop opportunities for lobbying on issues affecting transportation