<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Hi folks</i></b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i>This comes to me by way of Environmental Defence</i></b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Lulu :0)</i></b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i><br></i></b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i>________________________________________________________</i></b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i><br></i></b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><em>The proposed law, called Bill C-6 or the <strong><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/2524963443/2303744/86747121/36689/goto:http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/legislation/acts-lois/bill_c6-loi-eng.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
</em></a><em>is essential for protecting our children from chemicals in harmful
products. </em></strong></em></strong> <strong>If passed, the Act will give the
federal government the power to remove unsafe products from store
shelves</strong>. The proposed law passed through the House of Commons
unanimously. Now, it's stalled in the Senate. </font></div>
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<div align="left"><font size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This is because
<strong>there are opponents of this Act who are waging an irresponsible campaign
that is giving wrong information to Senators</strong>. Opposition from some
sectors is so strong because this draft law gives Health Canada the ability to
deal with unsafe products. Some of the opponents' arguments against the proposed
law focus on natural health products, even though the Act will not affect that
sector.</font> </div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><strong>To let Senators know you support the <em>Canada Consumer Product Safety
Act visit this website and sign on to show support:</em></strong></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i><br></i></b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><strong><em>http://petition.environmentaldefence.ca/BillC6/</em></strong></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">much-needed law that ensures our Canadian consumer product
protection laws finally come in line with those of the European Union and the
United States, where a similar law was passed by former President George W.
Bush.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><tr>
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We don't want to become a dumping ground for products no longer eligible for
sale elsewhere.</font> </div>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0px"><font size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Sincerely,<br><br>Rick Smith, Ph.D.<br>Executive
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