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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#D4D4D4" lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An update from Ecojustice on the dreadful business of Chemical Valley and the Aamjiwnaang First Nations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Susan K <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ecojustice: Devon Page, Executive Director [mailto:subscriber@ecojustice.ca] <br><b>Sent:</b> 26 April 2016 11:32<br><b>To:</b> susankoswan@execulink.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Why we're changing course in Chemical Valley<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=previewText><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Five years ago, we helped our clients, Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, launch a lawsuit against the Ontario government and Suncor Energy. The lawsuit challenged the government’s failure to address cumulative, chronic air pollution in Chemical Valley and its secretive way of making decisions about pollution.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:white;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><tr style='height:112.5pt'><td style='background:#313131;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:112.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="50%" style='width:50.0%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 15.0pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=593128&ea.campaigner.email=3%2FxXESPczZg2mEhxG0OcyftBUkTptuQxg0%2BNtx6TmEc=&ea.campaigner.id=ioXFhXURyrWZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=250 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/1943/ecojustice.png?v=1442342515000"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="50%" style='width:50.0%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><tr style='height:52.5pt'><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:52.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=150 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class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><tr><td style='padding:22.5pt 15.0pt 0cm 15.0pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#709302'>Why we're changing course in Chemical Valley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#709302'>April 28, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=593130&ea.campaigner.email=3%2FxXESPczZg2mEhxG0OcyftBUkTptuQxg0%2BNtx6TmEc=&ea.campaigner.id=ioXFhXURyrWZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/1943/20160428-Garth-Lenz-Sarnia.jpg?v=1461265304000" alt="Photo of community members chatting in Chemical Valley."></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dear Susan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Five years ago, we helped our clients, Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, <a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=593131&ea.campaigner.email=3%2FxXESPczZg2mEhxG0OcyftBUkTptuQxg0%2BNtx6TmEc=&ea.campaigner.id=ioXFhXURyrWZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0"><span style='color:#709302'>launch a lawsuit</span></a> against the Ontario government and Suncor Energy. The lawsuit challenged the government’s failure to address cumulative, chronic air pollution in Chemical Valley and its secretive way of making decisions about pollution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Fast forward to the present, and the landscape has shifted. After years of Ron and Ada’s hard work and our advocacy on their behalf, the Ontario government is finally taking steps to fix some of the problems that led Ada and Ron to take legal action.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>That’s why we’ve decided to change course — at least for now — from battling it out in court to working with Ada, Ron, and the Aamjiwnaang community to ensure that Ontario’s new initiatives lead to durable community solutions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>We believe that governments have an obligation to protect people from unsafe levels of pollution. We also believe that every person in Canada has the basic human right to live in a healthy environment — including clean air, safe drinking water, and a stable climate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Working with Ada and Ron has deepened our commitment to advancing the recognition and protection of environmental rights in Canada. When we first launched this case, few people in Canada had an understanding of what “environmental rights” were. Today, a groundswell of public support has led more than 130 municipalities, representing a third of Canada’s population, to pass declarations in support of environmental rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>This is remarkable progress. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Now, we look to Ontario to make similarly remarkable progress on the ground in Chemical Valley and other impacted communities. And as always, we will keep a watchful eye to ensure the government delivers the changes that are so desperately needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width="100%" style='width:100.0%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><div align=right><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=150 style='width:112.5pt;background:#709302;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:white'><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=593132&ea.campaigner.email=3%2FxXESPczZg2mEhxG0OcyftBUkTptuQxg0%2BNtx6TmEc=&ea.campaigner.id=ioXFhXURyrWZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0"><span style='color:white'>READ MORE</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 15.0pt 0cm 15.0pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'><img border=0 width=86 height=86 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/1943/Devon+Page.jpg" alt="Devon Page.jpg"><img border=0 width=144 height=31 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/1943/Devon+Page+signature.jpg" alt="Devon Page signature.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Devon Page, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><em><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Photo by Garth Lenz</span></em><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:15.0pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:0%'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:2.25pt'><td style='background:#C1C1C1;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:2.25pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:0%'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt;line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important'><b><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#709302'>Ecojustice is Canada’s only national environmental law charity. 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