CAN (AB) - Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein honoured by Canada’s horse racing industry
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - A veteran Alberta political warhorse is being honoured for helping Canada’s harness racing industry
Thursday, December 28th, 2006 Brandon Sun, Canadian Press
Former premier Ralph Klein is to be presented with the Cam Fella Award next month in Mississauga by Standardbred Canada. The organization says no other provincial government has been as supportive to Canadian horse racing as the Klein-led Progressive Conservative government in Alberta.
The provincial government is pumping about $63 million into horse racing this year alone.
The government estimates the industry is worth about $385 million annually to Alberta’s economy.
Horse Racing Alberta dedicated a bronze statue to Klein in Calgary in September to thank him for the millions of dollars the government gave the industry over the years.
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