Stephane Dion will be touring Alberta on Thursday and Friday and has even set up a few open town halls which could prove to be quite interesting, given some of the locals. Here are the details for anyone interested:

Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion to hold Public Town Hall Meetings in Alberta

The Liberal Party of Canada in Alberta (LPCA) welcomes The Hon. Stéphane Dion to Alberta January 11th – January 12th, 2007. Members of the public will have the opportunity to hear and present questions to Stéphane Dion on his and the Federal Liberal Party’s vision for Canada.

There will be two Town Hall Meetings. The first one will be held in Edmonton on Thursday, January 11th, 2007, 7:30 p.m., at the Ital Canadian Seniors Association Centre, 9111 – 110 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta and the other in Calgary on Friday, January 12, 2007, 7:00 p.m. at the EPCOR Centre’s Engineered Air Theatre, 205 – 8th Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta.

On behalf of the LPCA, Adam Campbell , President, welcomes the opportunity to introduce the new Leader of the Opposition to Albertans. Mr. Dion has made it very clear that he wishes to engage with all Canadians to develop a sustainable future for Canada .

There’s also a youth event in Calgary on Friday which should be a blast: