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letter to shareholders

chairman's letter

Dear Shareholder:

Please join us at the TELUS Corporation Annual and General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 at 10 am (Eastern Time). This year, our meeting will be held at:

Four Seasons Hotel Toronto
21 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario

At the meeting, holders of common voting shares of TELUS will be asked to approve:

the election of directors of the Company for the next year; and
the reappointment of Arthur Andersen LLP as auditors of the Company.

We’ve made a few changes in how we will conduct our AGM. One of the most significant changes is that we will no longer hold multi-location meetings. Instead, we will rotate the location of the AGM to key centres across the country, starting this year in Toronto.

We’re doing this for a couple of reasons. First, as we have done in the past, we will Web cast the entire meeting. This will allow shareholders to view the meeting online no matter where they are in Canada or the world. It will also demonstrate the ongoing transformation of communications to Internet-based technology. Second, we will benefit from significant cost savings.

Please find enclosed the 2001 TELUS Annual Report. This report includes the 2001 audited financial statements and describes the progress made on management’s six strategic imperatives that are actively transforming TELUS to a leadership position in the Canadian telecommunications industry. Also enclosed is a copy of the Information Circular and a proxy or voting instruction form.

This year, we are focused on improving our two-way communications for shareholders, consistent with our strategy of exploiting the power of data and the Internet. For example, the TELUS Annual Report including financial statements, the notice of annual meeting, the information circular and proxy-related materials are now available at www.telus.com/agm for those who have enrolled.

If you are a registered shareholder and would like to take advantage of our electronic delivery method, please enroll today at www.telus.com/electronicdelivery. Of course, we understand this new approach may not be suitable for everyone. We will continue to provide paper copies of Company documents if you prefer. In this case, you do not need to do anything further.

We are also offering you the ability to vote your proxy by Internet, telephone or mail. The chart below describes the three voting methods.

Voting Method	Registered Shareholders and Employee Share Plan holders	Shares held with your broker
Internet Voting	www.computershare.com/ca/proxy	www.proxyvotecanada.com Cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors is not available with this option
Telephone Voting	Call the toll free number listed on the proxy form Cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors is not available with this option	Call the toll free number listed on the voting instruction form Cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors is not available with this option
Voting by Mail	Complete the proxy form and return it in the envelope provided	Complete the voting instruction form and return it in the envelope provided

Please refer to the information circular and proxy or voting instruction form for complete voting instructions.

These new features give you more choice and convenience and are cost effective. You can read the annual report and other materials whenever you want, wherever you want. As well, you can vote your proxy at your convenience, as outlined in the information circular.

As an environmentally responsible company, we try to reduce waste by eliminating duplicate mailings. You may be receiving multiple copies of some material, depending on how you hold your shares. If you are dealing with more than one broker, consider consolidating your TELUS holdings into one account. If you are a registered shareholder, confirm that your name and address are identical on each certificate you hold. If this is not the case, please contact Computershare Trust Company at 1 800 558 0046 within North America and 403 267 6555 outside North America. And of course, you could sign up for electronic access, as noted above, so that you do not receive these documents by mail.

We will send an e.mail to all registered shareholders who have enrolled for electronic delivery when the quarterly interim financial reports are available. If you have not enrolled for electronic delivery and would like to receive quarterly financial reports, please complete and return the enclosed Interim Financial Report Request.

In closing, thank you for your continued support. I encourage you to exercise your right, as a shareholder, to participate in the upcoming meeting either in person or by voting your proxy using the one of three choices we now offer.

Yours truly,

Brian A. Canfield
CHAIRMAN


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