<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>FYI (the buiilding & operation of unnecessary prisons -- combined with more criminalized lives versus more rehabilitated lives -- all takes scarce resources that are sorely needed to sustainabilize our economy, society & environment.)</div><div>RM<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">"Matthew Carroll - Leadnow.ca" <<a href="mailto:matthew@leadnow.ca">matthew@leadnow.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">November 22, 2011 9:18:42 AM GMT-05:00</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"><a href="mailto:mill@continuum.org">mill@continuum.org</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>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>This Thursday: Don't Mess Up Like Texas! Stand Against the Crime Bill</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><table style="background: url(http://www.leadnow.ca/images/page-background.gif); margin: 0; padding: 0; background-image: url(http://www.leadnow.ca/images/page-background.gif); height: 100%; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" height="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table style="background-color: #e5deed;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table style="background-color: #e5deed;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="preheaderContent" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="700" height="57"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/leadnow/email-images/leadnow-logo-250x80-e5deed.png" border="0" width="250" height="80" style="border: 0pt none;"></td> <td width="220" align="right" valign="top"> <div style="color: #333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 140%; text-align: left;"> </div> <br></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <table style="border: none;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="bodyContent" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="color: #111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 140%; text-align: left;"><em> </em>Dear Robert, <table style="margin-left: 15px;" width="220" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 0; padding: 8px;"> <a href="http://e-activist.com:80/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=71092&ea.campaigner.email=afO4KyPQ%2BhU2Az1vbq646IwFR%2FbeHspi&ea_broadcast_target_id=0"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/leadnow/dont-mess-up-like-texas-fb-badge-final-2.jpg" border="0" width="180" height="540" style="border: 1px solid black;"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br><br><strong>The Conservatives are limiting debate and rushing the cruel Crime Bill through Parliament so fast that it could come up for a vote early next week. We’re organizing a rapid response action to go right to the MP’s constituency offices - and we need your help to make a big impact.</strong><br><br>This action will show Canadians standing together against a fill-the-prisons approach to justice that has failed everywhere it’s been tried. Leadnow community members and coalition partners have already signed up to lead actions at 45 constituency offices!<br><br><strong>We need you. Click here to find your local constituency office and sign up to participate or lead:</strong><br><br><strong><a href="http://e-activist.com:80/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=71093&ea.campaigner.email=afO4KyPQ%2BhU2Az1vbq646IwFR%2FbeHspi&ea_broadcast_target_id=0">http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-the-crime-bill</a></strong><br><br><strong>Stand Against the Omnibus Crime Bill</strong>!<br><br>Time is running out to make Canada safer, not meaner. Join a coalition of groups for two days of action to speak out against the cruel Crime Bill.<br><br><strong>When:</strong> Focus on Thursday at 1pm, with actions throughout Thursday and Friday.<br><br><strong>Where:</strong> Our MP’s constituency offices.<br><br><strong>Message:</strong> We’re going to tell our MPs: Don’t mess up like Texas. Stop the cruel Crime Bill.<br><br><strong>Bring friends, and bring a cowboy hat if you can.</strong> We will deliver tens of thousand of petition signatures and a summary of the Canadian Bar Association’s powerful argument against the bill.<br><br>Our goal is to show cross-country solidarity by reaching as many MP’s offices as possible. All we need is for you and a friend to do the action, and together we’ll send a powerful national message.<br><br><strong>Click here to find a local action and sign up to participate or lead:</strong><br><strong><a href="http://e-activist.com:80/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=71094&ea.campaigner.email=afO4KyPQ%2BhU2Az1vbq646IwFR%2FbeHspi&ea_broadcast_target_id=0">http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-the-crime-bill</a></strong><br><br>Whether you can be part of this or not, we’d love your help to spread this message. Please forward this email to everyone that you think would be interested. 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