From the Saturday, September 15, 2007 online edition of The Globe and Mail . . .

British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell yesterday sent a toughly worded letter to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer declining his offer of a December meeting on cross-border environmental issues and challenging the state’s environmental performance.

Stung by a letter from Mr. Schweitzer three weeks ago that takes B.C.’s performance to task, Mr. Campbell took his own gloves off and offered up a detailed defence of the province’s environmental assessment program while casting aspersions, in diplomatic language, on the Montana record.

The two leaders are sparring over potential resource development in the Flathead River area of southeastern B.C. and the possible impact on that river as it flows into Montana. Festering for years, the issue has exploded into a war of words in the past three weeks.

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