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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ Mindboggling. There is a link below if you'd like to send Allan Rock an email. ~P www.falvo.ca ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Ben McDonald" <jbm@learnnet.nt.ca> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:12:52 -0600 Folks: Here's something that moved me to write an email to the federal government. Ben -------------- Please post far and wide. --- DEMAND THAT A CANADIAN COMPANY CONDUCT THE CANADIAN CENSUS IN 2006, NOT U.S. DEFENCE CONTRACTOR LOCKHEED MARTIN To: All Vive le Canada.ca members and concerned Canadians Hi folks, As you may have read on http://www.vivelecanada.ca or in the Globe and Mail, Industry Minister Allan Rock has awarded U.S.-based defence contactor Lockheed Martin the contract to help Statistics Canada prepare a 2005 test run of the next Canadian census. Lockheed Martin, which manufactures ballistic missiles and other weapons of mass destruction, is also a prime candidate to receive a contract to do the entire Canadian census in 2006. Lockheed Martin's slogan is "We never forget who we're working for!" The Canadian Press reports that eighty per cent of Lockheed Martin's business is with the U.S. military and American government agencies. Rock has stated that his hands are tied because the bidding process "is cut by the WTO and NAFTA (agreement), which requires that non-Canadian firms get to bid as well." In other words, the Americanization of the Canadian census is just another example of the Americanization of Canada under NAFTA and globalization. It's time to say enough is enough. Shouldn't government contracts go to Canadian companies? Help us remind Industry Minister Allan Rock who he's working for--the Canadian people. Vive le Canada.ca has developed an email form that makes it easy for you to tell Industry Minister Allan Rock that you don't want the federal government to pay a giant U.S. military contractor to gather information about Canadian citizens, and that you're willing to boycott the 2006 census should Lockheed Martin get the job. Just visit http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php?story=200310111707274 Add your name and address to our sample email and hit send. If you like, you can also take a moment to personalize your message by editing the sample email. We hope you'll also take a moment to forward this email on to your email contacts so that we can spread the word and get as many Canadians involved in this action as possible. Together, we can make a difference! Sincerely, - Susan Thompson Founder, Site Editor http://www.vivelecanada.ca and the rest of the Vive le Canada.ca team ----- More information: U.S.-based "defence"contractor doing Canada's census http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php?story=2003100923304373 U.S. defence contractor to count Canadian heads http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031009.wlock1009/BNStory/N ational/ Federal government acknowledges U.S.-based defence firm doing Canada's census http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=canada_home&articleID=1429517 ____________________________________________________________________________ Did a friend forward this to you? Join sust-mar yourself! Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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