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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">Thank you everyone who worked so hard to get the me</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">sage about the importance of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> urban forestry heard by government.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">I am glad to see that the CCFM has</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">mentioned</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> urban forestry in their vision. I understand that this is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">big first step. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">I agree that the other issues identified are important</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">and need to be addressed.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">B</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">ut, in my opinion, they</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">mentioned</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">urban</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> forestry</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">but otherwise</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">completely ignored</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> in their vision.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">The CCFM does not recognize</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">urban forestry as being important</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> probably because of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> mak</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">up of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> organization which has no</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">municipal</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">representation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">It gets</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">one paragraph</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">buried</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">on page 7 of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">report!!!!!!!!!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> Urban Forestry</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">shares a small line with a lot of other groups</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">on page 5</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> and 11</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">. There is no mention of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">partnerships with or roles</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> responsibilities of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">municipal governments.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">The</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">municipal</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> governments need to be involved in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">development</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> strategy. I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">t kno</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">w how they can get engaged in the process</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> with the federal and provincial governments</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">, maybe through the various provincial municipal</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">government</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">organizations.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">Regardless, urban forestry</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">is different enough from all the other</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">identified</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> priorities and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">deserves a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> separate section on its own</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> just</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">like</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">climate change and the forest in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">dustry</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">We</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> still</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> have a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=1 FACE="Georgia">B</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Georgia">B</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">B</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Georgia">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=5 FACE="Georgia">II</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=5 FACE="Georgia">G</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=6 FACE="Georgia">G</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=6 FACE="Georgia">G</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> hill to climb</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> from where I am standing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">Yodelayeehoo</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">!!!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">Merry Christmas</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia"> and Best Wishes for 2009</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia">!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A NAME=""><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Georgia">Ivan Listar, R.P.F.</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><BR>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">From:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> canufnet-bounces@list.web.net [<A HREF="mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net">mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net</A>]</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">On Behalf Of</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Michael Rosen<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Sent:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> Friday, December 19, 2008 11:46 AM<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">To:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> Michael Rosen<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Subject:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> [CANUFNET] Vision Urban Forests/Forêt urbaine<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Importance:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> High</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">For the first time, due primarily to our collective work, “urban forestry interests” has been</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">recognized as one of the components of “the forest sector”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">in the document of the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">A Vision for Canada’s Forest: 2008 and Beyond</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">available on the CCFM website</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.ccfm.org"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">www.ccfm.or</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">g</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">) under</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_EN.pdf"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_EN.pdf</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> . We should congratulate ourselves on having our message heard. We must further</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">encourage the recognition of urban forests and their proper funding to all levels of government and the private sector in the year to come.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">On behalf of the Tree Canada team and the Canadian Urban Forest Network have a great holiday!</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="fr"><FONT FACE="Arial">Pour la première fois,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"> <FONT FACE="Arial">à cause de notre travail collectif, «</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr"><FONT FACE="Arial">les intervenants de la foresterie urbaine» sont inclus dans le document du conseil canadien des ministres des forêts :</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="fr"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Une vision pour les forêts du Canada : 2008 et au-delà</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"> <FONT FACE="Arial">maintenant rendu public, et est présentement disponible sur le site internet du CCMF (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.ccfm.org"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">www.ccfm.or</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">g</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">) sous</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_FR.pdf"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">http://www.ccfm.org/pdf/Vision_FR.pdf</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"> . Nous avons</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"> <FONT FACE="Arial">devons</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">nous féliciter d’avoir notre message entendu. Il faut que nous encourageons</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"> <FONT FACE="Arial">encore</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">la reconnaissance des forêts urbaines et leurs finances propres</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"> <FONT FACE="Arial">à tout</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"><FONT COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">les niveaux gouvernementaux et le secteur privé.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"><FONT FACE="Arial">De la part de l’équipe Arbres Canada et le Réseau canadien de la forêt urbain, passez de joyeuses fêtes!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">Michael Rosen, R.P.F.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial">President / président, Tree Canada / Arbres Canada</FONT></SPAN></P>
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