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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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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
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>
</span></p>
<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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