Alberta doesn't need celebrities, Environment Minister says

January 5, 2002
Source: National Post
Original story - link verified on January 5, 2002
By Mark Reid

Alberta doesn't need Hollywood's help in protecting the Bow River, the province's Environment Minister says. "Just because you are a big-name actor or a big-name athlete doesn't make you an expert," Lorne Taylor said yesterday. Mr. Taylor said he wasn't impressed by the star power of a United States eco-group hoping to protect the river that flows east out of the Rockies through Calgary. The Waterkeeper Alliance, founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is hosting a charity event this weekend at Banff featuring a number of celebrities on Hollywood's A-list.

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