[All] add your voice (literally) to protest the cancellation of the Environmental Commissioner

Fri Nov 16 14:54:32 EST 2018

Dear Fellow Grenlings,

This is indeed a dark day.  I phoned a friend who has run for the Conservative Party to ask "what can we possibly do?  Who can we contact in the Party that would listen to us?"  His reply: "There is nothing you can do, no one you can ask."  A second contact, who had once been a vice president of the Party,  said "There is no longer a place in the PC Party of Ontario for 'red tories."  One mentioned that he had cancelled his membership in the provincial party.  It was pointed out that the MPPs have not been allowed to hire their own staff members, as has been the case in the past, but have been assigned loyal minions of the central command.  It is indeed a grim situation.

But it might be useful to let them know that this is an outrage:

Contact numbers  on the government web site for comments on their supposed climate change action plan are:

800-565-4923 (I phoned it, went to general enquiries, and briefly told the person from the M. of Environment, Parks, and Conservation what I thought.)

416 325-4000

416 314-6713

for an email directly to the Minister:  minister.mecp at ontario.ca

also www.ontario.ca/contact<http://www.ontario.ca/contact>/us

The Green party has also sent out an email with a link to the government that lets you send a message for a so-called consultation on the new climate change plan.  I said simply to change the name back to M. of Env. and Climate Change and restore the environmental commissioner. I'll forward that to you (I'm not a Green Party member).

- Greg

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From: All <all-bounces at gren.ca> on behalf of Lori Strothard <strothjkl at sympatico.ca>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 12:28 PM
To: John Jackson
Cc: GREN >
Subject: Re: [All] GREN signed onto attached letter re Environmental Commissioner

Excellent, thank you...a discussion about this plus the Child Protection Advocacy officer is being discussed on the CBC radio phone in show Ontario Today right now. Apparently the Ford gov. Is saying the elimination of these 2 roles is not to save money but to make them be more effective! 89.1 fm or online

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On Nov 16, 2018, at 10:19 AM, John Jackson <jjackson at web.ca<mailto:jjackson at web.ca>> wrote:

This letter went out to the Premier last night. GREN is the second signature on the letter.

John
<ECO JointLetterPremier-Nov15,2018.pdf>

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John Jackson
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Kitchener N2H 4R1
519-744-7503

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