<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_44066" dir="ltr">Hi Grenians</div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_44070"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_44069"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_44068"> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_44074"><br><div id="yiv8702439944"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_44084"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_44083"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42600"><span id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42608">I'll email you when the Liberals and the Green Party get back to me. Here is what I've sent.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42600"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42600"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_44286">Louisette Lanteigne</span></div><br clear="none"> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv8702439944yqt5563220895" id="yiv8702439944yqt54194"><div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42556" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42555" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42554"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br clear="none"> <font id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42558" size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> "justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca" <justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca>; "Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca" <Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 6, 2015 7:11 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Fw: Tom Mulcair: Eliminate the billion dollar break to the oil industry<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv8702439944y_msg_container" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42612"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv8702439944"><div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42615"><div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_42614" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626">Dear Mr. Trudeau and Ms. May</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626">Here is Mr. Mulcair's stance on oil subsidies. Could you please share your party's stance on this issue? </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626">It would be greatly appreciated. Email works best for me. Less paper wasted. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626">Thanks!</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626">Louisette Lanteigne</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626">700 Star Flower Ave.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626">Waterloo Ont.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40626">N2V 2L2</div><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv8702439944qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_44110"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8702439944yqt8069535410" id="yiv8702439944yqt99648"><div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40670" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40669" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40668"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br clear="none"> <font id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40792" size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Mulcair <thomas.mulcair@parl.gc.ca><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> butterflybluelu@rogers.com <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 6, 2015 10:26 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Tom Mulcair: Eliminate the billion dollar break to the oil industry<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv8702439944y_msg_container" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40794"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv8702439944">
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<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40796">Thank you for writing in support of ending oil subsidies and shifting the focus to sustainable energy.</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40799"> </div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40801">We agree that the Conservative's <b>$1.3 billion</b> break every year to the oil industry is an unwarranted subsidy. A billion dollars is a lot of money, it could be better spend to:</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40803"> </div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40805">- lift every Canadian senior out of poverty;</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40807">- improve our health care system;</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40809">- create thousands of green jobs and help fight climate change if it were invested in renewable energy, clean technology or energy efficiency.</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40811"> </div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40813">This one-sided favouritism is from the same Conservative government that gutted environmental legislation and withdrew Canada from the Kyoto climate-change treaty.</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40815"> </div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40817">New Democrats are calling on Stephen Harper to stop his billion-dollar big-oil giveaway—and start investing in the sustainable economy Canadians deserve. Join our campaign to stop this hand-out to big oil and sign our petition here: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40819" target="_blank" href="http://activecampaign.ndp.ca/lt.php?c=428&m=513&nl=34&s=258ffe2d357d25e6e0becdbcd2e8ec39&lid=2737&l=-http--petition.ndp.ca/bigoil">http://petition.ndp.ca/bigoil</a></div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40821"> </div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40823">New Democrats have a plan to protect the environment and move Canada to a sustainable economy. Along with re-introducing Jack Layton's historic <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://activecampaign.ndp.ca/lt.php?c=428&m=513&nl=34&s=258ffe2d357d25e6e0becdbcd2e8ec39&lid=2738&l=-http--www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-reintroduces-jack-laytons-climate-change-bill">Climate Change Accountability Act</a>, we are proposing an <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40825" target="_blank" href="http://activecampaign.ndp.ca/lt.php?c=428&m=513&nl=34&s=258ffe2d357d25e6e0becdbcd2e8ec39&lid=2739&l=-http--www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-introduces-landmark-environmental-rights-bill">Environmental Bill of Rights</a>, introduced by NDP MP Linda Duncan. I was proud to second this groundbreaking legislation, similar to measures that I helped to pass as Quebec Minister of Environment. The Bill will legally <u>enshrine</u>: <u></u></div>
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<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40829">- environmental rights for Canadians; and, <u></u></div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40831">- the duty of the federal government to take action to protect the environment.</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40833"> </div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40835">I have a vision of how Canada can play a meaningful role as a world-leader on the environment. A New Democratic government will work to:</div>
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<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40839">- enshrine the right to clean air and clean water in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms;</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40841">- ensure polluters pay for the pollution they create;</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40843">- redirect the billions paid in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry to the clean energy sector;</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40845">- invest in wind, solar, and geothermal technologies; creating thousands of new jobs for Canadians;</div>
<div id="yiv8702439944yui_3_16_0_1_1423265201604_40847">- target the investment of revenue from cap-and-trade into renewable energy and clean technology projects and in the regions where the revenue is generated; and,</div>
<div>- assist homeowners and businesses with improving the energy efficiency of their homes and offices</div>
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<div>Our plan to bring down emissions and meet science-based targets is both practical and achievable. We will:</div>
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<div>- establish a national public transit strategy</div>
<div>- remove sales tax on the purchase of eligible energy-efficient products and create a tax credit for the purchase of these products</div>
<div>- ban tanker traffic on the ecologically, fragile BC coast</div>
<div>- prohibit the use of lakes as waste dumping sites</div>
<div>- improve the Species at Risk and the Navigable Waters Protection Acts</div>
<div>- place a moratorium on the use of chemical pesticides that have not been proven safe</div>
<div>- create a new recycling program for electronic products containing substance(s) found on the List of Toxic Substances in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act</div>
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<div>NDP Environment critic Megan Leslie is working hard and pushing for these better solutions. You can follow her work here: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://activecampaign.ndp.ca/lt.php?c=428&m=513&nl=34&s=258ffe2d357d25e6e0becdbcd2e8ec39&lid=2740&l=-http--meganleslie.ndp.ca/environment">http://meganleslie.ndp.ca/environment</a> </div>
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<div>Although the Harper Conservatives are failing you on the environment, the NDP knows that future generations are counting on action today. That's why we will keep fighting for the policies that will help to create a fairer, greener, and more prosperous Canada.</div>
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<div>Again, I appreciate hearing from you.</div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
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<div>Tom Mulcair, M.P. (Outremont)</div>
<div>Leader of the Official Opposition</div>
<div>New Democratic Party of Canada</div>
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