Al Gore coming to Saskatchewan

Monday, April 09, 2007

Wow, Al Gore is coming to Saskatchewan:

"Former U.S. presidential candidate Al Gore will be giving his much-publicized presentation, An Inconvenient Truth, to a Saskatchewan audience later this month.

Gore, a former vice-president under Bill Clinton, was invited to speak at Regina's Brandt Centre April 23 by Premier Lorne Calvert.

SaskTel, the provincially owned phone company, is fronting the $208,000 cost of the event, which includes Gore's $125,000 speaking fee.

Some 5,000 people are expected to attend the event, paying $25 to $75 for tickets, and officials believe there could be a small profit if there's a sellout. Tickets go on sale Saturday at Ticketmaster outlets.

Calvert said polls show that the environment is not as hot a political issue here as in other parts of the country.

He's hoping Gore's presentation — which shows the links between carbon emissions and global warming and was turned into an Oscar-winning documentary — will help raise the profile of the issue in Saskatchewan."