[GREN-Exec] Fwd: Sign on request - Letter to Ontario Re: EBR Exemption

[Susan Koswan]

Definitely support this for GREN.

Thanks Kevin!

Susan K

On 4/14/2020 10:06 PM, Kevin Thomason wrote:
> Hi GREN Executive,
>
> I think that we should sign on to this CELA letter (via Ontario 
> Nature).  Please share if you agree and I will follow-up accordingly.
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin.
>
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>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *Anne Bell <anneb at ontarionature.org 
>> <mailto:anneb at ontarionature.org>>
>> *Subject: **FW: Sign on request - Letter to Ontario Re: EBR Exemption*
>> *Date: *April 14, 2020 at 5:45:15 PM EDT
>> *To: *Anne Bell <anneb at ontarionature.org 
>> <mailto:anneb at ontarionature.org>>
>> *Cc: *Kerrie Blaise <kerrie at cela.ca <mailto:kerrie at cela.ca>>
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I hope you are in good health and managing well with all the current 
>> challenges.
>> I am writing to let you know about an opportunity to sign on to the 
>> attached letter opposing the Ontario government’s decision to suspend 
>> all governmental proposals from key requirements of the Environmental 
>> Bill of Rights.
>> Please see the note below from Kerrie Blaise at CELA, with a link to 
>> a blog explaining the situation. If you’d like to endorse the letter, 
>> please let Kerrie know and send her the information requested. 
>> Deadline for response is this Thursday. If you know of other groups 
>> who might be interested in endorsing, feel free to share.
>> Thanks for your attention,
>> Anne
>> *_________________***
>> *Anne Bell, Ph.D.*
>> Director of Conservation and Education
>> <https://www.ontarionature.org/>
>
>> <https://www.ontarionature.org/>
>> Tel: 416-444-8419 ext. 239| Toll free: 
>> 1-800-440-2366|anneb at ontarionature.org <mailto:anneb at ontarionature.org>
>> 214 King Street West, Suite 612| Toronto, ON  M5H 3S6 
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>> We are there when nature needs us most. Join us today!
>> Dear friends,
>> CELA is welcoming sign-ons to a letter we have drafted responding to 
>> the province's 
>> newregulation<https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r20115>suspending all 
>> governmental proposals from key requirements of the Environmental 
>> Bill of Rights.
>> *If you wish to sign on, please send me your name, title, 
>> organization name & logo by the end of day Thursday April 16. *
>> As noted in the attached letter, we are requesting the province:
>>
>>  1. Repeal the new regulation
>>  2. Defer all decisions on environmental legislative and regulatory
>>     reforms/matters under Part II of the EBR
>>  3. Extend all comment periods currently running under the EBR
>>
>> For more information, Rick's recent blog on the topic is also 
>> availablehere <https://cela.ca/ebr-covid-19-update/>.
>> Wishing you all well, thanks.
>> Kerrie
>> ---
>> Kerrie Blaise
>> Northern Services Counsel
>>
>> Canadian Environmental Law Association
>> 55 University Avenue, Suite 1500
>> Toronto, ON M5J 2H7 cela.ca <http://cela.ca/> |celafoundation.ca 
>> <http://celafoundation.ca/>
>> Tel: 416-960-2284 ext 7224
>> Email:kerrie at cela.ca <mailto:kerrie at cela.ca>
>> Twitter:@KerrieABlaise 
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