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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for that interesting info Susan- what a beautiful place where your daughter lives, with one’s own fresh fruit right there for the picking! How wonderful….hearts go out to the people of India right now- apparently many thought the virus was “gone” in January, and some gatherings took place for a couple of religious festivals, but covid snuck its way back in -glad to hear Canada and other countries are sending aid, and that your daughter is in a safe area. It’s interesting -my daughter Jess who lives up in Yellowknife NW,T where there have been less than 10 cases this whole time, said the kids at school have to be kept home even if they have a runny nose, as a precaution – so her young kids have been home several times in the last few months. I guess they are just being extra cautious which is not a bad thing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers, Lori<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> All <all-bounces@gren.ca> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jan Liggett<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 29, 2021 9:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> Susan Bryant <shbryant@uwaterloo.ca>; Susan Koswan <susankoswan@execulink.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Grand River Environmental Network (GREN) <all@gren.ca><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [All] Susan 's column this week: Scattering cremated human remains in river raises Grand questions<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thanks Susan for this column. As a decision maker on this I love hearing about facts that may not come forward in the staff report. I sent this to the rest of council this morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Jan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:shbryant@uwaterloo.ca" title="shbryant@uwaterloo.ca">Susan Bryant</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Wednesday, April 28, 2021 7:46 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com" title="susankoswan@execulink.com">Susan Koswan</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Cc:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:all@gren.ca" title="all@gren.ca">Grand River Environmental Network (GREN)</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Re: [All] Susan 's column this week: Scattering cremated human remains in river raises Grand questions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>So well done, Susan—-with respect and sensitivity, clear information, and a firm message. Your email came just as I finished watching news about the overflow, ad hoc cremation pyres in parking lots in Delhi. In one of the the most air-polluted city in the world, with so many suffering from respiratory issues from Covid on top of that, this is beyond crazy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Unfortunately, India’s Prime Minister Modi is a Hindu nationalist, not inclined to consider and encourage new, progressive ways of doing things that take into account the pandemic or climate change—since these would not advance his popularity and political future. He allowed the Kumbha Mela to go ahead—-the largest gathering of human beings on earth— and did nothing to limit other Hindu festivals which involve massive gatherings. The country is now reaping the consequences. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I have boated on the sacred Ganges, where any good Hindu wants his/her cremation to take place—beside the river, and then ashes in it. But the sacred river is gross. Since many can’t afford to pay for enough cremation wood, partially cremated body parts are the usual in the river. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>But I’m glad to report that my daughter Emma in India is fine. She doesn’t live a major city, so the pandemic is not so vicious where she is. However, she and most of her Indian family have had Covid, though mild cases (pre variants) now resolved. She sent this cheerful picture of her back garden yesterday. There are papaya, banana, mango and lime to harvest there at the moment. Life goes on. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thanks for your excellent piece, as always.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Susan B<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <img border=0 width=1024 height=768 style='width:10.6666in;height:8.0in' id=AB4E8943-491B-4D03-AA29-278FC1DE8F4B src="cid:image001.jpg@01D73CEF.BA0D8EE0" alt=image1.jpeg><o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br>On Apr 28, 2021, at 1:36 PM, Susan Koswan <<a href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com">susankoswan@execulink.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>HI GRENers,<br><br>City of Cambridge was approached for permission to scatter cremated remains in Grand River. I said no, if anyone was wondering...<br><br><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/04/28/scattering-cremated-human-remains-in-river-raises-grand-questions.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/04/28/scattering-cremated-human-remains-in-river-raises-grand-questions.html</a> <br><br>Best,<br>Susan K<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>All mailing list<br><a href="mailto:All@gren.ca">All@gren.ca</a><br><a href="http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca">http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>All mailing list<br><a href="mailto:All@gren.ca">All@gren.ca</a><br><a href="http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca">http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="99%" noshade style='color:#909090' align=center></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=90 height=33 style='width:.9375in;height:.3437in' id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png" alt="Avast logo"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#3D4D5A'>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. <br><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus">www.avast.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>