Alberta Agenda

Signatories included three political science professors associated with the "Calgary School" as the University of Calgary—Tom Flanagan, Ted Morton, and Rainer Knopff.

On January 24, 2001, former Member of Parliament and future Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper composed a letter which was signed by six other prominent conservative Albertans and sent to then Premier of Alberta, Ralph Klein.

[2][4][5] A 2015 National Post article summarizes the Firewall Letter as a plea for Albertans to insulate themselves against an "increasingly hostile government in Ottawa."

The letter called on the province to advocate for Senate reform to return to the national agenda; and taking over complete provincial responsibility for health care.

[citation needed] Premier Klein's personal response was published in the Edmonton Journal on responded to the letter, but rejected implementing the authors' requests for the duration of his premiership.