<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI.<div><br></div><div>Sorry I didn't get this to you sooner.</div><div><br></div><div>Kevin.</div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Shiloh Bouvette <<a href="mailto:sbouvette@environmentaldefence.ca">sbouvette@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'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">May 27, 2011 12:19:30 PM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com">kevinthomason@mac.com</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>New Poll Shows Strong Majority of Ontarians Favour Strengthening Greenbelt over Lessening Protections</b><br></span></div><br>
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Hello Greenbelt Alliance members,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Please click
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Please share widely!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Many thanks,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Shiloh</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">ONTARIO GREENBELT ALLIANCE </span></strong><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">For Immediate Release: May 27, 2011</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">New Poll Shows Strong Majority of Ontarians Favour Strengthening Greenbelt over Lessening Protections<br>
</span><em><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Majority of those who support strengthening the Greenbelt also said party position on Greenbelt will influence their vote in October</span></em><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">TORONTO, ON – A new poll commissioned by the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance (OGA) shows overwhelming support by Ontarians to strengthen the Greenbelt in advance of the provincial election. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">70 per cent of Ontarians favour strengthening the Greenbelt to protect greenspace and agricultural land versus 15 per cent who support lessening protections in order to promote economic development and job creation. 15 per cent of people were not sure.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">"Ontario's Greenbelt gives us fresh, local food and places where we can enjoy nature, as well as protection against sprawl and traffic congestion.” said Kevin Thomason, Vice-Chair, Grand River Environmental Network and Co-Chair of the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance. "These poll results show us Ontarians want an even stronger Greenbelt."</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">In 2015, Ontario’s Greenbelt policy is mandated for review by the government in power at the time. The upcoming October election will therefore be important to the future of the Greenbelt.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">"The government we choose in October has a critical role to play in the future of the Greenbelt. This poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Ontarians want our government to strengthen and not lessen Greenbelt protections,” said Rick Smith, Executive Director of Environmental Defence.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">53% of those who said they favour strengthening Greenbelt protection, also said a Party's position on the Greenbelt will have an influence on their vote in the provincial election.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The Greenbelt questions were conducted as part of an online omnibus poll fielded from May 18 to May 19</span><sup><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"> ,</span></sup><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"> 2011 with 807 randomly selected adults who live in Ontario and are part of the Angus Reid Forum. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The margin of error is +/- 3.5%, 19 times out of 20. The results have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region Census data to ensure a sample representative of the entire adult population of Ontario. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">About the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance (
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://e2ma.net/go/9399889587/3676778/106418651/36689/goto:http://www.greenbeltalliance.ca/">www.greenbeltalliance.ca</a>): The Ontario Greenbelt Alliance is a diverse multi-stakeholder coalition of close to 100 organizations who share a common vision for protecting and expanding the Golden Horseshoe Greenbelt. Environmental Defence is the coordinator of the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">About Environmental Defence (
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">For more information, or to arrange interviews, please contact:<br>
Stephanie Kohls, Environmental Defence, (416) 323-9521 ext. 232; (647) 280-9521 (cell)</span> </span></div>
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