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              <div>Hey Folks.. have you signed on to this yet.? I just
                thought you might like to . <br>
                As individuals or as a group  .  I just signed on for
                the Council of Canadians- Guelph. <br>
                Thanks.  Norah </div>
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                  <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The

                      Great Lakes Commission is looking for comments on
                      its </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="https://www.glc.org/oiltransport/comments.php"
                        target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">Draft
                          Report on Transport of Crude oil in the Great
                          Lakes Region</span></a><span
                        style="color:black">. The Draft Report gives an
                        overview of oil transport in the Great Lakes <b>but
                          fails to include key issues including climate
                          change, adequate oil spill response
                          preparedness, respect for Indigenous
                          communities and treaty rights and the increase
                          in transportation of tar sands bitumen and
                          fracked oil. </b></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
                  <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">A
                      number of organizations have come up with a
                      sign-on letter that will be sent to the Great
                      Lakes Commission by December 1, 2014 raising these
                      and other concerns. There’s more info in the
                      blurbs below. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">SIGN-ON

                        LETTER: Draft report on transport of crude oil
                        in Great Lakes region</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The

                      Great Lakes Commission is looking for comments on
                      its </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="https://www.glc.org/oiltransport/comments.php"
                        target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">Draft
                          Report on Transport of Crude oil in the Great
                          Lakes Region</span></a><span
                        style="color:black">. The Draft Report gives an
                        overview of oil transport in the Great Lakes but
                        fails to include key issues including climate
                        change, adequate oil spill response
                        preparedness, respect for Indigenous communities
                        and treaty rights and the increase in
                        transportation of tar sands bitumen and fracked
                        oil.</span></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To

                      read the sign-on letter, click here:<span
                        style="color:#1f497d"> <span
                          style="background:yellow"><a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wLchYxLVJ3qwONPT2lOdAfSl90eQ2JWi18xy2qDsd18/edit?usp=sharing"
                            target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wLchYxLVJ3qwONPT2lOdAfSl90eQ2JWi18xy2qDsd18/edit?usp=sharing</a></span></span></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">DEADLINE

                      FOR SIGN ON IS DECEMBER 1 at 2pm ET, 2014: Add
                      your organization’s name to this letter to urge
                      the Commission to include these issues in its
                      final report: </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mgrzXGAa3pfYjDwADP-2Z1sVN-GXfdL79AjEuYapEbo/viewform?usp=send_form"
                        target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mgrzXGAa3pfYjDwADP-2Z1sVN-GXfdL79AjEuYapEbo/viewform?usp=send_form</span></a></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Or

                      submit your own comment here by December 1, 2014:
                    </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="https://www.glc.org/oiltransport/comments.php"
                        target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">https://www.glc.org/oiltransport/comments.php</span></a><span
                        style="color:black"> </span></span></p>
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                  <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">LETTRE

                        À SIGNER : Projet de rapport sur le transport de
                        pétrole brut dans la région des Grands Lacs.</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
                  <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">La

                      Commission des Grands Lacs désire s’enquérir de
                      l’opinion du public sur son projet de rapport sur
                      le transport de pétrole brut dans la région des
                      Grands Lacs (</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="https://www.glc.org/oiltransport/comments.php"
                        target="_blank"><span
                          style="color:black;background:white">Projet de
                          rapport sur le transport de pétrole brut dans
                          la région des Grands Lacs</span></a><u><span
                          style="color:black;background:white">)</span></u><span
                        style="color:black;background:white">. Ce projet
                        de rapport fournit un aperçu sur le transport de
                        pétrole brut dans la région des Grands Lacs,
                        mais omet de traiter certains points essentiels,
                        dont les changements climatiques, l’état de
                        préparation en matière de réponse d’urgence en
                        cas de déversement pétrolier, le respect des
                        droits des collectivités autochtones et des
                        droits issus des traités et l’augmentation du
                        volume de sables bitumeux et de pétrole obtenu
                        par fracturation transporté.   </span></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Pour

                      lire la lettre à signer, cliquez ici: <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wLchYxLVJ3qwONPT2lOdAfSl90eQ2JWi18xy2qDsd18/edit"
                        target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wLchYxLVJ3qwONPT2lOdAfSl90eQ2JWi18xy2qDsd18/edit</a></span></p>
                  <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">DATE

                      LIMITE POUR SIGNER CETTE LETTRE ; 1er DÉCEMBRE
                      2014. Ajoutez le nom de votre organisation à cette
                      lettre pour demander à la Commission d’inclure ces
                      points essentiels dans son rapport final.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EXGHBi3Qs2DeFmAxMZuX7xURxmsXnNCbGMXYPG1ZAj8/viewform?usp=send_form"
                        target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EXGHBi3Qs2DeFmAxMZuX7xURxmsXnNCbGMXYPG1ZAj8/viewform?usp=send_form</a>
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                  <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">Ou,

                      envoyez vos commentaires personnels, le 1er
                      décembre 2014 au plus tard, à :</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="https://www.glc.org/oiltransport/comments.php"
                        target="_blank"><span
                          style="color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">
                        </span><span
                          style="color:black;background:white">https://www.glc.org/oiltransport/comments.php</span></a></span></p>
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