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<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>For the first time, due primarily to our
collective work, “urban forestry interests” has been </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>recognized as one of the components
of “the forest sector” <font color=black><span style='color:black'>in
the document of the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers: <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>A Vision for Canada’s Forest: 2008 and Beyond </span></b></span></font>available
on the CCFM website <font color=black><span style='color:black'>(</span></font><a
href="http://www.ccfm.org" title="blocked::http://www.ccfm.org/"><span
title="blocked::http://www.ccfm.org/">www.ccfm.org</span></a><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>) under </span></font><a
href="http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_EN.pdf">http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_EN.pdf</a>
. We should congratulate ourselves on having our message heard. We must further<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font>encourage the recognition of
urban forests and their proper funding to all levels of government and the
private sector in the year to come.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>On
behalf of the Tree Canada team and the Canadian Urban Forest Network have a
great holiday!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Pour la première fois, </span></font><font face=Arial><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-family:Arial'>à cause de notre travail collectif, «</span></font><font
face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-family:Arial'>les intervenants de la foresterie
urbaine» sont inclus dans le document du conseil canadien des ministres des
forêts : <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Une vision pour les forêts du
Canada : 2008 et au-delà</span></b> </span></font><font face=Arial><span
lang=FR-CA style='font-family:Arial'>maintenant rendu public, et est
présentement disponible sur le site internet du CCMF (</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.ccfm.org"
title="blocked::http://www.ccfm.org/"><span lang=FR-CA><span
title="blocked::http://www.ccfm.org/">www.ccfm.org</span></span></a></span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>)
sous <a href="http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_FR.pdf">http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_FR.pdf</a>
. Nous avons </span></font><font face=Arial><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:
Arial'>devons<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>nous féliciter d’avoir notre
message entendu. Il faut que nous encourageons </span></font>encore<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>la reconnaissance des forêts urbaines et leurs finances
propres </span></font>à tout<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>les niveaux gouvernementaux et le secteur
privé.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>De la part de l’équipe Arbres Canada et le Réseau canadien
de la forêt urbain, passez de joyeuses fêtes!</span></font><font face=Arial><span
lang=FR style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Michael Rosen</span></font></st1:PersonName>, R.P.F.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=maroon face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:maroon'>President / président, Tree <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>
/ Arbres <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=maroon face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:maroon'>402 – <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
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Somerset St</st1:address></st1:Street>.</st1:address></st1:Street> West</st1:address></st1:Street>
/ 402 – 222, rue <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Somerset</st1:City></st1:place>
ouest<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
color=maroon face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:maroon'>Ottawa</span></font></st1:City><font
color=maroon><span style='color:maroon'> <st1:State w:st="on">ON</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">K2P 2G3</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=maroon face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon'>T</span></font></b></strong><font
color=maroon><span style='color:maroon'> 1.877-666-1444; 613. </span></font><font
color=maroon><span lang=FR-CA style='color:maroon'>567-5545 X. 222 ;
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>F/Téléc</span></font></b></strong>
(613) 567-5270 </span></font><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=maroon face=Arial><span
lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon'>E/C</span></font></b></strong><font
color=maroon><span lang=FR-CA style='color:maroon'> </span></font><span
lang=FR-CA><a href="mailto:mrosen@treecanada.ca">mrosen@treecanada.ca</a><strong><b><font
color=maroon face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:maroon'> </span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.treecanada.ca/" title="blocked::http://www.treecanada.ca/"><span
lang=FR-CA>www.treecanada.ca</span></a></span></font><font color=blue><span
lang=FR-CA style='color:blue'> / </span></font><a
href="http://www.arbrescanada.ca/" title="blocked::http://www.arbrescanada.ca/"><span
lang=FR-CA>www.arbrescanada.ca</span></a><font color=maroon><span lang=FR-CA
style='color:maroon'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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