[All] Quick correction Re: Food and Water First Template.

[Louisette Lanteigne]

Quick correction. The Liberal race is over so I've modified the text sent to me  to form a new template letter to the Premier. 

Either way, the more support we can lend them the better for all of us working to protect farmlands and water.

Lulu 





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 From: Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu at rogers.com>
To: gren <all at gren.ca> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 7:04:49 PM
Subject: Food and Water First 
 

Hi everyone


The folks who organized NDACT have started a new group called Food and Water First. 


This is their facebook page: 

https://www.facebook.com/no.mega.quarry
They have just under 6,000 followers there. 

They are on Twitter @FoodWaterFirst
They have over 3,000 followers currently.

They have a new Action Alert. Basically copy the text and send to the email list to support a food and water first policy for Ontario. 

Details below

Lulu :0)
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ACTION ALERT! 
As a part of our new 
campaign to put Food and Water First and to have Provincial Policy 
changed to ensure that food and water are protected, we are asking for 
your help!

Please send an email to the Liberal candidates and 
ask them for their support in this movement.  Email addresses and a 
email template are below.  Feel free to tweak! 

EMAIL ADDRESSES:
kwynne.mpp.co at liberal.ola.org 

As the new Premier of Ontario. You'll be facing many challenges, and among them will be a critical 
issue stemming from the recent fight to stop the proposed Highland mega 
quarry north of Shelburne. As you know, it was slated to become the 
largest quarry in Canadian history, on the best farmland in the province and at the headwaters of five river systems. Thousands of Ontarians 
banded together to oppose the mega quarry and, while successful in 
defeating the project, they also discovered many flaws in the Aggregate 
Resources Act and Provincial Policy Statement. Quite simply, our vital 
prime agricultural lands and water resources are vulnerable and they 
need protection.

I am one of those who fought the mega quarry
 and am deeply concerned about the lack of a Food and Water First policy
 in Ontario. This province's agri-food sector is the largest in Canada 
and pours $33-billion into our economy each year. It employs about 
700,000 people and, according to a study from the University of Guelph, 
has become "the single most important economic driver in the province." 
Yet, the very agricultural land that sustains this industry, its jobs 
and our well-being is under constant threat.

Ontario is home 
to the rarest farmland in Canada. It is a natural, strategic and 
perpetual resource, but every year 127-thousand acres of our farmland is
 lost. According to the Ontario Farmland Trust, the province could lose 
its food self-sufficiency within 25 years. This will not only impact our
 food security, but will also cause tremendous damage to a thriving 
industry and Ontario's economy.

As Premier of Ontario, I 
encourage you to support a Food and Water First policy for this 
province. Our prime farmland and source water regions must be protected.
 Tens of thousands of people who stopped the mega quarry will be working
 towards a Food and Water First policy. I hope you will stand with us.

Sincerely,
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