[All] Fw: [CANDAC Info] I would like to help save PEARL

Sun Mar 18 02:16:46 EDT 2012

FYI - PEARL is Canada's main climate change research station located in Northern Canada and they require funding of 1.5 million to continue. The Tories have denied them renewed funding and now they are set to close unless public support can change their fate. I've contacted the research station to see how I could help. Below is the response. 

Please write your MP to ask to keep PEARL funded and if you can donate, it will demonstrate the public support. 

Thanks!

Lulu 

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From: James Drummond <james.drummond at dal.ca>
To: Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu at rogers.com> 
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 6:25:56 AM
Subject: Re: [CANDAC Info] I would like to help save PEARL

Thank you for your interest and expressions of support for the PEARL station. This is a very difficult time and any support is appreciated.
As far as financial support is concerned, I would invite you to consider a donation to the Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (www.cfcas.org) who have been vigorous supporters of PEARL over many years. They would be happy to route funds to activities in support of PEARL.
One of the questions we frequently get asked is: “Who does PEARL benefit?” and when we answer that the research is of benefit to all Canadian citizens and indeed to the whole world, the next issue is how that support is expressed. 
It is easier to document support for research that benefits a company or industry (get the CEO to write a support letter) than it to document support for research of broader significance. 
So I would invite you to show your support of PEARL by writing to your MP, the Prime Minister and Minister Kent and let them know how you feel. When we lobby government as scientists, we are often dismissed as "interested parties". When others lobby it has much more effect.

You
      can locate your MP's information at: http://www.canada.gc.ca/directories-repertoires/direct-eng.html. 

The Prime Minister is at: 
Office of the Prime Minister
80
      Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900
E-mail: pm at pm.gc.ca 
and Minister Kent can be reached at:
The Honourable Peter Kent
Minister
      of the Environment
Member of Parliament for Thornhill
      (Ontario)
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
10 Wellington Street,
      28th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec , K1A 0H3
Fax: 819-953-0279
Email: Minister at ec.gc.ca
Thank you again for your interest in PEARL. We have not given up on this jewel of Canadian research.

On 3/16/2012 10:09 PM, Louisette Lanteigne wrote: 
Hello
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>I would like to donate money to help save PEARL and I would like to be able to tell others how to donate too. Where or how can I donate?
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>Louisette Lanteigne
>700 Star Flower Ave.
>Waterloo Ont.
>N2V 2L2
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