【新唐人2010年2月12日讯】 2月11号，在中国传统新年即将来临之际，加拿大阿尔伯塔省官方反对党自由党领袖、省议员大卫.斯旺博士（Dr. David Swann）代表阿尔伯塔省和自由党向卡尔加里市和埃德蒙顿市2010年神韵演出的主办方之一阿尔伯塔省新唐人（NTDTV Alberta）发来贺信，感谢美国神韵艺术团为阿尔伯塔省带来的杰出艺术贡献，高度赞誉神韵艺术家的艺术造诣和赞美神韵带来的普世价值正成为全人类现在和将来遵循的主题。
贺信如下（翻译）：
作为阿尔伯塔省官方反对党自由党领袖，我非常高兴和荣幸的代表领导核心的同事和代表加拿大阿尔伯塔省对所有将观看和参与卡尔加里市和埃德蒙顿市2010年美国神韵艺术团演出的人们致以温馨的祝福。
这将是美国神韵艺术团第四年为阿尔伯塔省带来中国传统文化的生动展示，必将成为中国舞蹈和艺术的奇观盛典。对于那些正准备生平第一次体验这令人难以置信的演出的人，这将是一个感官和精神的盛宴在等待着您。
神韵艺术团为复兴中国正统文化而诞生， 4年以来，神韵的演出已经取得了巨大的成功。神韵已经真正的成为人类传播普世价值的希望，勇气和善良，成为今天和未来的人类所必需遵循的主题。
艺术的表现形式，无论是传统中国舞蹈团的形式、孩子第一次拿起画笔、或剧作家的语言在舞台上再现，作为一个省、一个国家来说，艺术对于人类的持续发展至关重要。艺术让我们思索，他审视我们的假设，他激励我们达到更伟大的境界。我非常感谢艺术家们挑战自我和使我们升华的方式以及他们崇高的工作。
我代表阿尔伯塔省官方反对党，我祝愿每个人去体验那神奇和恢宏的演出气势。享受演出吧。
此致，
大卫.斯旺 博士
阿尔伯塔省官方反对党领袖
卡尔加里山景区省议员
英文原文：
As Leader of the Liberal Official Opposition of Alberta, I am pleased and honoured to bring warm greetings on behalf of my caucus colleagues and the province of Alberta to all those attending and involved with the 2010 Calgary and Edmonton performances of the Shen Yun Performing Arts company.
This is the fourth year that Shen Yun has brought its dynamic display of traditional Chinese culture to Alberta, and promises to be another spectacular exhibition of Chinese dance and artistry. For those that are experiencing Shen Yun’s incredible show for the first time, a feast for the senses and the spirit awaits you.
Shen Yun Performing Arts came into being with a vision of fostering a renaissance in Chinese culture. Four years later, the show has achieved that and so much more. Shen Yun is really about fostering the universal values of hope, courage and compassion; themes that are needed today more than ever.
Artistic expressions, whether in the form of a traditional Chinese dance troupe, a child picking up a paint brush for the first time, or a playwright’s words coming to life on stage, are vitally important to our continuing evolution as people, as a province, and as a country. The arts make us think; they question our assumptions; they inspire us to greater heights. I am very grateful to all artists for the way they challenge and uplift us; theirs is noble work.
On behalf of Alberta’s Official Opposition, I wish everyone a magical and awe-inspiring performance. Enjoy the show.
Sincerely,
David Swann, MD
Leader, Official Opposition of Alberta
MLA, Calgary-Mountain View
斯旺博士一直致力于人权活动。去年北京奥运会期间，他在卡尔加里的人权圣火活动上谴责中共当局践踏人权的恶劣行径。
新唐人记者 石缘 卡尔加里报导。
加国阿尔伯塔省官方反对党自由党领袖、省议员大卫.斯旺博士Dr. David Swann
Biography for Dr. David Swann (AL)
MLA for Calgary-Mountain View
Official Opposition Leader
David Swann was elected to his second term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Calgary-Mountain View on March 3, 2008. On December 15, 2008, Dr. Swann became the leader of the Alberta Liberal caucus, Her Majesty’s Official Opposition. He also serves as critic for Health and Wellness and Executive Council.
During his first term Dr. Swann was environment critic and also served as deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Resources and Environment and as a member of the Private Bills Committee and the Standing Committee on Health.
Dr. Swann graduated from the University of Alberta with his B.MSc. in 1971, his MD in 1973 and from the University of Calgary with his FRCP(C) in 1988. He practised as a family physician from 1975 to 1984 and then as a public health consultant from 1988 to 2004.
Dr. Swann is active within his community and was responsible for initiating the Healthy City Project in Calgary in 1987. He was also a part of developing the first pesticide-free park in Calgary in 1998 and has been involved in a number of anti-sanctions, anti-war movements from 1995 to 2004, which included three trips to Iraq. He was involved in the publication of Finding My Voice for Peace (from Canada and the New American Empire, ed. George Melnyk). Dr. Swann was also honoured with the Gold Star Teaching Award in both 1999 and 2003 from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Swann has been actively involved in raising issues of human security and human rights both locally (farm-workers) and internationally (Darfur).
Dr. Swann and his wife, Laureen, have three children. During his free time he enjoys peace and justice work, music and singing, jogging, woodworking and writing.
February 12, 2009
资料来源：
http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=18
