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Please take a moment before August 20 to visit the website below and send the following message to the Senate. Bill C-32 contains greatly watered down provisions to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. For info, please visit our website: http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/cepa-action-jul99.html -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Do you live in Halifax? Will you help distribute postcards, petitions and fact sheets? Time is of the essence, so please *call* me at 454-9573 asap to arrange delivery and pickup. **************************************************** The SCC National Office in Ottawa has produced an activist postcard addressed to Senator Ron Ghitter, Chair, Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources. The text of the card is as follows: Dear Senator Ghitter, Our health depends upon reducing the pollution in our air, our water and our land. The Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) must be the foundation for pollution prevention to protect the health of all Canadians, especially our children, and help reduce loss of biodiversity, wildlife and wilderness areas. Bill C-32, the act to revise CEPA, contained new, reasonable measures as a result of study and revision by the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development. At the request of polluters, Bill C-32 was weakened, and the Bill now before the Senate does not provide sufficient protection. Bill C-32 NO LONGER GUARANTEES that the most harmful pollutants will be phased out, or that biotechnology products will be properly tested, or that Health and Environment Ministers will be able to act quickly on toxic chemicals, or that the federal government will follow a strong, precautionary approach. I strongly urge your committee, and the Senate as a whole, to protect human health and the environment by improving Bill C-32, by -- at a minimum, returning it to the version endorsed by the House of Commons Environment Committee. Canadians are counting on you. Name: Address: ***************************************************** The deadline for submission is August 20, 1999 -- so it's tight! Andrew MacDonald National Office Sierra Club of Canada -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Once again, please call if you can help distribute more cards. An email reply won't be fast enough as the deadline is very short and i'm hoping to get the cards to people on Saturday 14 Aug. thanks! ~paul :) ___________________________________________________________________ Paul A. Falvo, LL.B. * 902-454-9573 * paul.falvo@sierraclub.org Communications Chair, Eastern Canada Chapter, Sierra Club -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- You received this because you are subscribed to "sust-mar", the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> with "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes) as the body of your message. To post a message to sust-mar subscribers, send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Posts that are off-topic or excessive length (10K) will be rejected. For help contact <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
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