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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" align="left"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%"
lang="EN-CA">Greg said there was nothing in the last email
I sent. <br>
</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" align="left">Please
let me know if this comes through</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" align="left">Thanks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" align="left">Susan
K<br>
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%"
lang="EN-CA"></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%"
lang="EN-CA"></span></i></span><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%"
lang="EN-CA"></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" align="left"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%"
lang="EN-CA">Good Green
Death Project Newsletter April 2020</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><u><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">SPECIAL EDITION</span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The bad and sad news…</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">There is
really nothing I
can add about our current situation with the COVID-19 virus,
except to say that
I hope you are staying well, and have enough food in your
cupboards (and TP, I
suppose…) How quickly our lives have changed. How quickly we
are learning what
is really important and essential. I am awed by how people are
stepping up and
supporting each other. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The good news…</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The work
of the Good Green
Death Project continues. Last month I received an email from
the Ministry of
Government and Consumer Services. This is the provincial
ministry responsible
for funeral homes and cemeteries. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The
Ontario government is
reaching out to us for input on potential regulations for
natural organic
reduction (composting). This is the opportunity we have been
waiting for to ask
everyone we know – and everyone you know – to do one of two
things. Well, three
actually. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo2" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Answer the
questions on the
</span><span lang="EN-CA"><a
href="https://www.ontariocanada.com/registry/view.do?postingId=31772&language=en"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Consultation
Paper</span></a></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> as best you can. Scroll down on that
page and click
the link that says Consultation Paper. Feel free to comment on
alkaline
hydrolysis (water cremation) as well in the first section. </span></p>
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style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo2" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Write your
MPP to say you’d
like to see natural organic reduction (composting) as a legal
option in
Ontario. Your MPP’s contact information can be found </span><span
lang="EN-CA"><a
href="https://www.ola.org/en/members/current/contact-information"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">here.</span></a></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo2" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Ask any
organization you
belong to (religious, social, cultural, trade etc) to do the
same. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The
deadline (haha) is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>April
17, 2020 at 11:59 pm.</u></b> <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Since your
personal
comments are far more effective than a form letter response or
a petition, I
would highly encourage you to write, email and/or call. <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">You have
your own reasons,
but please also consider the following points as to why you
support this
alternative:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo1" align="left"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">I want the final disposition of my
remains to reflect
my green values</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo1" align="left"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">I want my composted remains to be
used to plant a tree
(such as in a protected forest cemetery)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo1" align="left"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">I’m concerned that current options
are harmful to our
environment</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo1" align="left"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">We need options that don’t use fossil
fuels, and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Feel free
to share your
reasons for supporting this option on our Facebook page or
Twitter (links
below). And please share this news widely. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Kelly’s
email is below if
you require more information. This was her message to us:</span><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Good
afternoon:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">I am
writing to advise you
that the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services has
posted a consultation
paper on Ontario’s regulatory registry that may be of interest
to you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The
consultation paper
seeks feedback to inform potential proposals for legislative
and regulatory
changes that would establish a regulatory framework more
tailored to licensing
of providers of alkaline hydrolysis and possibly of other
alternative methods
of disposing of human remains under the Funeral, Burial and
Cremation Services
Act, 2002. The posting is now available for review and public
comment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">We value
your input as we
consider how best to move forward. If you or your colleagues
are interested in
reviewing the consultation paper and providing feedback, we
encourage you to
visit the posting available </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a
href="https://www.ontariocanada.com/registry/view.do?postingId=31772&language=en"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">here</span></a></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The
deadline to submit
feedback is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>April
17, 2020, by 11:59
p.m.</u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">If you
have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact me at </span><span
lang="EN-CA"><a href="mailto:kelly.houston-routley@ontario.ca"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">kelly.houston-routley@ontario.ca</span></a></span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-CA"> </span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">or
416-212-6655.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Thank you
for your support
for this important consumer protection initiative.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal" align="left"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Kind
regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="left"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Kelly
Houston-Routley<br>
A/Director, Consumer Policy and Liaison Branch</span></p>
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