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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Re: Waterloo strategic plan consultations. I went last night -- and walked out. We were put in small groups - only 4 in mine. We talked productively about our visions and hopes
for Waterloo for about an hour, and then each of the 3 groups gave short summaries. Before there was any chance for us to comment on the ideas coming from the other groups, the hired consultants swung into action. We were each handed a gizmo that looked
like a remote control for a tv. Then they started explaining that we were to compare the "6 pillars" (eg, environment, economic) of the strategic plan to each other. Since there were 6 pillars, that made 15 possible combinations (eg 1+2, 1+3, 1+4...3+4, 3+5
etc.). The gizmo allowed us to pick which of each pair we favoured and rank on a score of 1-10. And instantly it all would get added up and we would know what mattered most! I put up my hand and asked what that was supposed to prove: they cut us off from
productive group interaction and were reducing us to individuals in a secret ballot voting at the same time for something and against another. I mentioned how the School Board at a big public consultation after the Harris cuts tried to do the same thing:
they tried to lure 200 people by giving each of us 3 votes to select our favourite things from a list of about 20 (eg, outdoor ed, special ed, music) so that they would know what to cut. I spoke out and said that we needed all these things in an educational
system, and chopping any of them would be like hacking off the leg or ears or liver of a body and expecting it to still function. Now we were doing the same thing again. The consultants just bulldozed me aside and kept on going. I walked out and was joined
by only one other person.
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<div>So if you go - don't be afraid to challenge such shenanigans. Insist that you came to talk together and interact, not generate a bunch of numbers using gee-whiz technology. Tell them that this is not public consultation but a shell game, and they should
be ashamed of themselves</div>
<div>- Greg Michalenko<br>
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<div id="divRpF212086" style="direction: ltr; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">a</span></font><b>From:</b> all-bounces@gren.ca
[all-bounces@gren.ca] on behalf of Louisette Lanteigne [butterflybluelu@rogers.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 23, 2011 2:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> all@gren.ca<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [All] Strategic Plan, Nuclear not profitable and Tar Sands update<br>
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<td valign="top" style="font:inherit"><font size="3">Hello folks<br>
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Here's the latest<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Waterloo Strategic Plan</span><br>
Tonight is the last evening where Waterloo residents can participate in a workshop regarding the Strategic Plan. The meeting starts at 6:30 at Forbes room at RIM Park.
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Nuclear still not profitable</span><br>
After 50 years, Nuclear power still relies heavily upon subsidies. The industry is still not economically viable according to a report released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists. (UCS).</font><font size="3"><font size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:normal; orphans:2; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial; font-size:12px; line-height:15px; text-align:left"></span></span></font>
<font size="3">To view the press release and the link to the report visit here: </font>
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<a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/nuclear-power-subsidies-report-0504.html" target="_blank">http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/nuclear-power-subsidies-report-0504.html</a><br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Europe & Tar Sands update</span><br>
The European Union is rejecting the Tar Sands oil saying it would circumvent their efforts to reduce emissions. They knew that Canada may challenge them at the World Trade Organization if they took this stance so prior to doing so the European Commission conducted
their own analysis and published the data showing how dirty Tar Sands oil really is. That report is published on line here:
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<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/clima/studies/transport/fuel/index_en.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/clima/studies/transport/fuel/index_en.htm</a><br>
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The issue is said to be threatening the European Free Trade deal:<br>
<a href="http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE71K2FL20110221?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews" target="_blank">http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE71K2FL20110221?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews</a><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:normal; orphans:2; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px; text-align:left">Currently
the EU is on the verge of approving a law that aims to cut the carbon pollution from vehicles: the Fuel Quality Directive as seen in this PDF:
</span></span></font></font><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:140:0088:0113:EN:PDF" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:140:0088:0113:EN:PDF</a><font size="3" style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:normal; orphans:2; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px; text-align:left">
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This legislation will result in suppliers of petrol, diesel and gas oil reducing emissions of greenhouse gas by 2020 but
</span></span></font></font><font size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:normal; orphans:2; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(71,71,71); font-family:'helvetica neue',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:20px; text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">the
Canadian government is lobbying heavily to change the legislative text and undermine EU's climate policy in an effort to promote Tar Sands oil</span>.</span></span></font><font size="3" style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:normal; orphans:2; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px; text-align:left">
The World Wildlife Fund has a <span style="font-weight:bold">quick sign petition</span> to address this issue to help keep Tar Sands oil out of Europe. Here's the link:</span></span></font></font><br>
<a href="http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/campaign/ac_detail.cfm?ActionUrl=http://buffy.bluegecko.net/action/c489daab-6f4f-49fb-804c-96028eb782f1" target="_blank">http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/campaign/ac_detail.cfm?ActionUrl=http://buffy.bluegecko.net/action/c489daab-6f4f-49fb-804c-96028eb782f1</a><br>
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<font size="3">Meanwhile, several prominent scientists are still demanding further studies for toxins in Alberta.
<a href="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Potent+toxins+need+studied/4309179/story.html" target="_blank">
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Potent+toxins+need+studied/4309179/story.html</a></font><br>
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<font size="3"><font size="2"><font size="3">That's it for now. <br>
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<font size="3">Lulu :0)</font></font><br>
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