[All] Fwd: CoC-Guelph [EVENT]: SLAPPed: How SLAPP suits prevent environmental protection and preserve, business as usual

[Robert Milligan]

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> From: CoC-Guelph_e-list <e-list at coc-guelph.ca>
> Date: April 10, 2010 6:59:32 AM GMT-04:00
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Subject: CoC-Guelph [EVENT]: SLAPPed: How SLAPP suits prevent  
> environmental protection and preserve,business as usual
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Jan Hall sent me this notice for an event she has organized.  
> Considering the $5 million lawsuit related to the Hanlon Creek  
> Business Park protests, this should be a very interesting  
> discussion. Note that it takes place *this coming Monday*.
>
> CoC-Guelph.ca
>
> ======
>
> Free Public Panel Discussion:
>
> SLAPPed: How SLAPP suits prevent environmental protection and preserve
> business as usual
>
> Monday April 12, 7-9pm
> Norfolk United Church, 75 Norfolk st., corner of Norfolk & Cork
> Free, Wheelchair accessible
>
> Featured Speakers:
> Rebecca McNeil, Project Coordinator with Environmental Defence
> Defendants of SLAPP suits from Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo, who  
> work to
> protect the Hanlon Creek and Waterloo Moraine
> Hosted by Jan Hall of Royal City Rag, CFRU 93.fm
>
> SLAPP is an acronym for Strategic Litigation Against Public  
> Participation.
> They are heavy-handed threats of financial and legal action, usually  
> used
> by developers to prevent opposition to their projects. They have  
> been used
> throughout North America primarily against environmental activists and
> First Nations land defenders.
>
> This free public event will explain what SLAPP suits are and how  
> they are
> used as a tool by developers to preserve business as usual. Also  
> featured
> will be several community activists who show the human face behind  
> SLAPP
> suits.
>
> Environmental Defence, along with Ecojustice and the Canadian
> Environmental Law Association, is working on a campaign to end SLAPP  
> suits
> with a province-wide ban against their use. Anti-SLAPP measures have  
> been
> adopted by the provinces of British Columbia, Quebec and more than  
> half
> the United States.
>

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