<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI<div>R<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">CoC-Guelph_e-list <<a href="mailto:e-list@coc-guelph.ca">e-list@coc-guelph.ca</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 10, 2010 6:59:32 AM GMT-04:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">undisclosed-recipients:;</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>CoC-Guelph [EVENT]: SLAPPed: How SLAPP suits prevent environmental protection and preserve,business as usual</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>Hello everyone,<br><br>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*.<br><br>CoC-Guelph.ca<br><br>======<br><br>Free Public Panel Discussion:<br><br>SLAPPed: How SLAPP suits prevent environmental protection and preserve<br>business as usual<br><br>Monday April 12, 7-9pm<br>Norfolk United Church, 75 Norfolk st., corner of Norfolk & Cork<br>Free, Wheelchair accessible<br><br>Featured Speakers:<br>Rebecca McNeil, Project Coordinator with Environmental Defence<br>Defendants of SLAPP suits from Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo, who work to<br>protect the Hanlon Creek and Waterloo Moraine<br>Hosted by Jan Hall of Royal City Rag, CFRU 93.fm<br><br>SLAPP is an acronym for Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation.<br>They are heavy-handed threats of financial and legal action, usually used<br>by developers to prevent opposition to their projects. They have been used<br>throughout North America primarily against environmental activists and<br>First Nations land defenders.<br><br>This free public event will explain what SLAPP suits are and how they are<br>used as a tool by developers to preserve business as usual. Also featured<br>will be several community activists who show the human face behind SLAPP<br>suits.<br><br>Environmental Defence, along with Ecojustice and the Canadian<br>Environmental Law Association, is working on a campaign to end SLAPP suits<br>with a province-wide ban against their use. Anti-SLAPP measures have been<br>adopted by the provinces of British Columbia, Quebec and more than half<br>the United States.<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>