<p dir="ltr">Yes, a great victory! Much credit to Lulu.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Now if we could only win the battle against Investor-State lawsuits embedded in trade deals! </p>
<p dir="ltr">These ISDS clauses could mean that any government that tries to carry out climate commitments made at COP21, will be taken to the cleaners by corporations whose potential profits are threatened. Will put a chill on all environmental legislation.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Problem is that trade deals, with their secret corporate tribunals, are BINDING, where climate deals are not. (See *This Changes Everything* chapter 2.)</p>
<p dir="ltr">I don't hear anyone raising this issue - only voices in the wilderness like Maude Barlow and Gus Van Harten.</p>
<p dir="ltr">If I were more tech savvy I'd start an Avaaz petition!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Eleanor<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 21 Nov 2015 01:23, "Robert Milligan" <<a href="mailto:mill@continuum.org">mill@continuum.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Environmental Defence <<a href="mailto:newsletter@environmentaldefence.ca" target="_blank">newsletter@environmentaldefence.ca</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Defender News: Victory! Free speech now protected in Ontario</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">November 19, 2015 at 3:59:32 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><a href="mailto:mill@continuum.org" target="_blank">mill@continuum.org</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><a href="mailto:newsletter@environmentaldefence.ca" target="_blank">newsletter@environmentaldefence.ca</a><br></span></div><br><div><div marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#efefef" align="center"><table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="max-width:600px"><tbody><tr><td colspan="7" style="font-size:10px;font-family:Arial,Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p>Ontarians now free to defend the environment without fear of being slapped with a frivolous lawsuit.</p></td><td align="left" colspan="7" style="font-size:10px;font-family:Arial,Verdana;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p>Having trouble viewing this email?<span> </span><a href="http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ScBC8qt1WFtW7mZKQizx4QMhbynBEFvY" target="_blank"><br>Click here</a><span> </span>for web version.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="max-width:600px"><tbody><tr><td height="12" bgcolor="#fe0000" colspan="14"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="3" colspan="2"><img width="208" height="105" src="https://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50999/images/WireFrameED-Small-01_03.gif" alt=""></td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" colspan="14"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><a href="http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qPmwjk%2Fz7qiZB7fVhyEOQgMhbynBEFvY" target="_blank"><img width="34" height="32" src="https://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50999/images/social_icons/WireFrameED-Small-01_06.gif" title="Twitter" alt="Twitter"></a><span> </span><a href="http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jzcic9j6UXaWh%2BPOxXGFnK19wJ9y6K1c" target="_blank"><img width="35" height="32" src="https://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50999/images/social_icons/WireFrameED-Small-01_07.gif" title="Facebook" alt="Facebook"></a><span> </span><a href="http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vWHig9Iq4HEvJrZrq7dhdQMhbynBEFvY" target="_blank"><img width="35" height="32" src="https://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50999/images/social_icons/WireFrameED-Small-01_08.gif" title="YouTube" alt="YouTube"></a><span> </span><a href="http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tFdRdzLlkEnwD8Mk6K0P5wMhbynBEFvY" target="_blank"><img width="33" height="32" src="https://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50999/images/social_icons/WireFrameED-Small-01_09.gif" title="Pinterest" alt="Pinterest"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="14" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2u4HNcDp7qNpI%2F6r6xAaOAMhbynBEFvY" target="_blank"><img width="600" height="400" alt="" src="http://action.environmentaldefence.ca/images/Defender_Newsletter/2015_11/Slapp%20Facebook%20image.png"></a><p style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase">VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH IN ONTARIO!</p><table width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans;line-height:1.6em;text-align:left">In the past, Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) were used by developers and corporations to intimidate and silence people. 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