<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><h1 style="margin-top: 0.67em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.67em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal;">Local news:</span></h1><h1 style="margin-top: 0.67em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.67em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; ">Sustainable Waterloo has just added this report to their web site. It was done for the US Congress, to help policymakers judge whether importing tar sands oil from Canada - for example by building the Keystone pipeline - would substantially increase GHG emissions. Conclusion - Yes. </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://t.co/5mmaKatJ" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; ">http://t.co/5mmaKatJ</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; "> </span></h1><h1 style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0.67em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.67em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; "><br></span></h1><h1 style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0.67em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.67em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; ">1.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; "> </span><u style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; ">The
CBC We Want</u><br></h1><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><b>FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting</b> is convening this national conversation.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">Please bring your ideas about the kind of CBC <b>you</b> want – or simply attend to consider what promises to be a provocative, thoughtful and constructive discussion.<b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; "></span></b></div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">When:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;
"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">4:00 to 6:00 pm</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">, <b>Thursday, May 31st</b> <br><b>Where:</b> The Hall, Knox Presbyterian Church, </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">50 Erb Street</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">, </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">Waterloo</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; "> (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://g.co/maps/p9yhd" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">map</a>)</span></div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><img alt="Veronic Tennant" align="right" height="124" width="117" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial;
border-color: initial; "><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">Veronica Tennant</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">, producer, director and prima ballerina, will moderate the opening session of this Canada-wide conversation which will be webcast live from this launch event.</span></div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">The consultation will feature contributions from some of </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">Canada</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">’s most creative thinkers and artists including Howard Dyck, Eric Friesen, Leah Pinsent and many more with music by The Waterboys and the New Vibes Jazz Quartet.</span></div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">** RSVP:</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; "><br></span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">For more information and to RSVP visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://friends.ca/TheCBCWeWant" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b><span style="text-decoration: none; ">www.friends.ca/TheCBCWeWant</span></b><b><br></b></a>You can also RSVP by calling <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">1-866-585-0553</a></span></div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">If you know that you will not be able to attend in person, please consider
leaving a comment on the CBC </span></i><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">you</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; "> want at<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://friends.ca/TheCBCWeWant" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">www.friends.ca/TheCBCWeWant</a></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; "></span></i></div><div class="yiv2025822855MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">Immediately following <b>The CBC We Want</b> event, FRIENDS will be hosting a reception to present the <b>2012 </b><b>Dalton</b><b> </b><b>Camp</b><b> </b><b>Award</b> to the winner of an essay competition on the topic of links between the media and democracy.</div><div
class="yiv2025822855MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br></div><div class="yiv2025822855MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; "><div class="yiv2025822855MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; ">2. National Day of Action on the Omnibus Budget Bill</span></u></div><div class="yiv2025822855MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">Since the Harper Conservatives announced their Omnibus Budget, more and more Canadians are rallying against a bill that would put a black mark on our democracy.<b>Now, we’re writing to invite you to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blackmark.leadnow.ca/events/peter-braid-kitchener-waterloo-on/" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">join a national day of action</a> at Conservative MP offices, and supporting locations across </b></span><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">Canada</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">, this Saturday, June 2nd.</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17,
17); "><br><br>Even some traditional Conservative allies are now saying that the Harper Conservatives have gone too far. Last week, David Wilks, a Conservative MP, told a small group of his constituents that <b>he, and many other Conservative MPs, were deeply troubled by the Budget Bill</b> and that he would consider voting against it if 12 of his colleagues, enough to stop the bill, stood with him.[1]<br><br>It’s time to stand up. This Saturday, we’ll gather at Conservative MP offices and support locations across the country to bring Canadians together in opposition to a Bill that contains a sweeping agenda to remake Canadian society. And, <b>we’ll shine a spotlight on the Conservative MPs who can stop the bill, split it apart and start over by inviting Canadians to help them make better laws.</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px;
padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); "><b><br></b></span></div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><div class="yiv2025822855MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">In K-W:</span></b></div><div class="yiv2025822855MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); "> </span></b></div><div class="yiv2025822855MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">MP's office:</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); "> Peter Braid (Conservative)<br><br><b>When:</b> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">Saturday, June 2nd, 2012</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); "> at </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">12:00</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); "> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">noon</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);
"><br><br><b>Where:</b> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">22 King Street South</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">, </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">Waterloo</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); "> (King and Erb)<br><br></span></div><div class="yiv2025822855MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; ">Why this is Important:</span><span style="color: red; "></span></b></div><div class="yiv2025822855MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family:
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Toronto Star: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=90469&ea.campaigner.email=FG954bykQXyLVd6j5lfvx0u5rR6M54Gl&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; ">http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1181079--federal-budget-2012-opposition-to-budget-bill-galvanizing</span></a></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>