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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#3D9A2C">The right of mother earth</font></span></font></b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">By Leonardo Boff</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Consider that the earth and humanity are part of a vast evolving universe and share the same destiny and constitute in all their complexity a single entity. The earth lives and behaves as a single self-regulating system made up of physical, chemical, biological, and human components that give rise to the production and reproduction of life, and for this reason it is our great mother and our common home. It is comprised of the sum of the ecosystems through which it generated a magnificent array of forms of complementary and interdependent life, sacred and unified,such that the human being, men and women, are the same as the earth, which speaks, thinks, senses, loves, cares for, and venerates.</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><a href="http://motherearthrights.org/2010/02/26/the-right-of-mother-earth/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://motherearthrights.org/2010/02/26/the-right-of-mother-earth/</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 18px; "><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 1.2; font: normal normal normal 2em/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 0, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Budget 2010: Overview and summary</b></span></font></font></h1><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This budget includes two major measures: another tax cut for business and ongoing cuts to federal public services. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Check out CUPE's comprehensive budget analysis on evereything from climate to child care to EI to education, water, women and more.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://cupe.ca/updir/images/web_fed_budget-small-0.jpg" title="Budget 2010" rel="lightboxset" slimboxtitle="<ag:formatted>Budget 2010</ag:formatted>" style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(102, 0, 51); "></a></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://cupe.ca/budget/budget-2010-overview-analysis-summary">http://cupe.ca/budget/budget-2010-overview-analysis-summary</a></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00779A">Climate Debt: Naomi Klein</font></span></font></font></b></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Naomi Klein gave a fantastic talk last week in Toronto on the issue of climate debt. It provides a radically compelling and utterly rational view of the problem of climate change. It is posted on YouTube in 6 parts (55 min. total):<br><br></span></font><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><a href="http://www.rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2010/03/features/naomi-klein-speaks-climate-debt-toronto" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2010/03/features/naomi-klein-speaks-climate-debt-toronto</span></font></a></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-weight: bold; "><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#965300">Weed killer causes male frogs to lay eggs</font></span></font></font></span></h1></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">One of the most common weed killers in the world, atrazine, can chemically castrate male frogs, turning them into females that lay eggs, say U.S. researchers. Atrazine continues to be used on corn fields in Canada, although it is no longer approved for use in Europe.</span></font></span></p></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-weight: bold; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/02/tech-frog-weed-killer.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/02/tech-frog-weed-killer.html</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></span></h1><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); "><h1 class="title" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; clear: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#9D0090">Happy IWD: Assessment of women's movement 40 years after Royal Commission</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#9D0090"> the Status of Women</font></span></font></h1><div class="story-author" style="display: inline; text-transform: uppercase; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">BY </span></font><a href="http://rabble.ca/taxonomy/term/335" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">JUDY REBICK</span></font></a></div></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); line-height: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I am thrilled to see the women’s movement become more global, more diverse, more radical and more integrated into other movements for social and environmental change. Even if in the short time, we are less effective in making change, in the long term the change will be deeper and broader.</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#3F3F3F"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#3F3F3F"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://Rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/judes/2010/03/happy-iwd-assessment-womens-movement-40-years-after-royal-commission-st">http://Rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/judes/2010/03/happy-iwd-assessment-womens-movement-40-years-after-royal-commission-st</a> </span></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#5F990C">or the 7 amazing things we can achieve in this century if we put our minds to it!</font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">with Guy Dauncey</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">15 min.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEf4qzYsh5A">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEf4qzYsh5A</a> </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><h1 class="articletitle" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Over Six Hundred and Counting - Paxil Birth Defect Cases</span></font></font></h1><p style="margin-left: -0.01in; font-weight: normal; "><font color="#000000"><font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Since Paxil came on the market in 1992, there have been three separate types of failure to warn lawsuits filed against GlaxoSmithKline over Paxil; birth defects, suicide, and addiction.</span></font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin-left: -0.01in; "></p><p style="margin-left: -0.01in; font-weight: normal; "><font color="#000000"><font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Roughly 150 suicide cases were settled for an average of about $2 million, and about 300 cases involving suicide attempts were settled for an average of $300,000, according to a December 14, 2009 report by Bloomberg News. Glaxo paid an average of about $50,000 each to resolve about 3,200 cases linking Paxil to addiction problems. The drug giant has also paid about $400 million to end antitrust, fraud and design claims, Bloomberg reports.</span></font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin-left: -0.01in; font-weight: normal; "><font color="#000000"><font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">All total, Glaxo has paid out close to $1 billion to resolve Paxil lawsuits since the drug came on the market in1992. </span></font></font></font></font></p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Over-Six-Hundred-and-Count-by-Evelyn-Pringle-100305-479.html">http://www.opednews.com/articles/Over-Six-Hundred-and-Count-by-Evelyn-Pringle-100305-479.html</a></span></font><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">By Amy Goodman</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><a href="http://www.rabble.ca/columnists/2010/03/violence-against-women-epidemic-around-world" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.rabble.ca/columnists/2010/03/violence-against-women-epidemic-around-world</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; 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margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><b><span lang="EN"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#9A0000">Indigenous voices challenge Royal Bank tar sands policies, supported by hundreds at shareholder meeting</font></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#9A0000"><o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#3F3F3F" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">RBC is clearly feeling the public pressure over their tar sands financing. They spent half their shareholder meeting addressing the issue.</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><a href="http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/joshua-kahn-russell/2010/03/indigenous-voices-challenge-royal-bank-tar-sands-policies" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/joshua-kahn-russell/2010/03/indigenous-voices-challenge-royal-bank-tar-sands-policies</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(70, 70, 70); border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; "><table class="storycontent" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; width: 786px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><td colspan="2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div class="mxb" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><h1 style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#009B51">20 mph speed zones cut road injuries by 40%, study says</font></span></font></h1></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><td class="storybody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; float: left; width: 466px; display: block; line-height: 1.4em; vertical-align: top; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones, as they have cut road injuries by over 40% in London, a study claims. </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In particular the number of children killed or seriously injured has been halved over the past 15 years, the British Medical Journal reported. Cyclist injuries fell by 17% once 20mph zones came in, and injuries in pedestrians have been cut by almost a third.</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8406569.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8406569.stm</a> </span></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><b><span lang="EN"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00669C">A war-free economy is possible</font></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00669C"><o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#3F3F3F" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Federal budgets are about priorities. The numbers in this week's budget will underscore the Harper government's prioritization of corporate profits and war. Canadian military spending is now the highest it has been since World War II. Canada is one of the top 15 military spenders in the world and the sixth largest of NATO's 28 member countries.</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#3F3F3F" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The Canada First Defence Strategy, launched by Harper in 2008, outlines how he will have Canada spend up to half a trillion dollars on weapons and other aspects of the military. The 20-year, $490 billion plan aims to increase annual military spending from $18 billion in 2008, to more than $30 billion annually by 2028. This works out to about $13,000 per Canadian. Peter Mackay confirmed last year in a speech to the Ottawa arms trade show CANSEC that at least $60 billion of these funds are earmarked for military corporations.</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/03/war-free-economy-possible" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/03/war-free-economy-possible</a></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">As the days go by, it has become clearer that the </span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#946700">earthquake in Chile</font></b></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> (Feb. 27) was a major one – it’s impact just setting in. If you’re able to contribute, here are some suggestions:</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="color: black; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><b><span style="color: red; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Canadian Red Cross: </span></font></span></b><span style="color: black; "><a href="http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=34242&tid=001" title="http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=34242&tid=001" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=34242&tid=001</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><b><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Fundacion Un Techo Para Chile</span></font></span></b><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">: </span></font><a href="http://www.untechoparachile.cl/" title="http://www.untechoparachile.cl/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.untechoparachile.cl</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><b><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Habitat for Humanity: </span></font></span></b><span lang="ES-CL" style="color: black; "><a href="http://habitat.ca/chileearthquakenewsreleasemarchp3531.php" title="http://habitat.ca/chileearthquakenewsreleasemarchp3531.php" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://habitat.ca/chileearthquakenewsreleasemarchp3531.php</span></font></span></a></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> <br></span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Unicef: </span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></span><span lang="ES-CL" style="color: black; "><a href="http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/chile_52861.html" title="http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/chile_52861.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/chile_52861.html</span></font></span></a></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> <br></span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Direct Relief International</span></font></b></span><b><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></span></b><span lang="ES-CL" style="color: black; "><a href="http://www.directrelief.org/EmergencyResponse/2010/EarthquakeChile.aspx" title="http://www.directrelief.org/EmergencyResponse/2010/EarthquakeChile.aspx" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.directrelief.org/EmergencyResponse/2010/EarthquakeChile.aspx</span></font></span></a></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> <br></span></font></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> Spanish speaking people can go to: </span></font><a href="http://www.chileayudaachile.cl/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.chileayudaachile.cl</span></font></a></span><b><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Or directly to the </span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Chilean government emergency relief fund</span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> at: </span></font></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Banco del Estado</span></font></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> / </span></font></span><span style="color: green; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">"El Mundo Ayuda a Chile",</span></font></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> (Deposito en US$) Account #</span></font></span><b><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">001.080.29501,</span></font></span></b><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> RUT Ministerio del Interior: 60.501.000.8</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#050505"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#050505"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CBC and Radio Canada present a 6 part documentary series about the role propaganda played during World War Two. With newsreels, posters, speeches, rallies, songs and radio, entire populations were convinced to go to war.</span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#050505"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></font><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#050505"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Love, Hate and Propaganda</span></font></font></em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#050505"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> is a primer on the art of mass persuasion, aimed directly at a media-savvy generation.</span></font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#050505"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">First episode: Thursday March 11 at 9 pm on CBC-TV</span></font></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(127, 191, 237); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Repeating Fridays at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network.</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/lovehatepropaganda/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/lovehatepropaganda/</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></span></div></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div></span></div></span></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sierra Club Canada has launched a campaign to </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00988C">Stop the Terry Fox Extension in Ottawa and </font></b></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00988C">save the Blanding's Turtle</font></b></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00988C">.</font></b></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN" style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Use the web form to send a personal message to Ontario Minister of the Environment John Gerretsen and Minister of Natural Resources, Linda Jeffrey.</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>More transit, fewer roads!</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font><a href="http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/endangered-species/save-blandings-turtle?1085152489=1" style="color: blue; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">For the first time anywhere in the world, biotech agriculture giant Monsanto has admitted that insects have developed resistance to its Bt cotton crop.</span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> Field monitoring in parts of Gujarat has discovered that the Bt crop is no longer effective against the pink bollworm pest there.</span></font></span></span></font></p><p style="line-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000099"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/2010/03/06/stories/2010030658401400.htm"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.thehindu.com/2010/03/06/stories/2010030658401400.htm</span></font></a></span></span></font></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><h1 style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 0cm; page-break-after: avoid; font-weight: bold; "><span lang="EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#82009D">Wacky win</font></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#82009D"><a name="come"></a>ter a signal of years to come: climatologist.</font></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#82009D"><o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></span></h1><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">From the balmy Arctic, to the open water of the St. Lawrence and snowless western fields, this winter has been the warmest and driest in Canadian record books.</span></font></o:p></div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">``It's beyond shocking,'' David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment Canada, told Canwest News Tuesday. Records have been shattered from ``coast to coast to coast.''</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">``It is truly a remarkable situation,'' says Phillips, noting that he's seen nothing like it in his 40 years of weather watching. He also warns that ``the winter than wasn't'' may have set the stage for potentially ``horrific'' water shortages, insect infestations and </span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">wildfires</span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> this summer.</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><a href="http://www.canada.com/technology/Wacky+winter+signal+years+come+Climatologist/2663423/story.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.canada.com/technology/Wacky+winter+signal+years+come+Climatologist/2663423/story.html</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1D9B20">Starving for Change </font></b></span></font></div></blockquote><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Canada has an opportunity to take a historic leadership role in solving climate change. </span></font></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">That's why I, Dante Ryel, have been participating in a water-only fast from March 3rd, the Day parliament resumed, until I can be assured that Bill C-311 will become law. Bill C-311 is also known as the Climate Change Accountability Act. If we want to avoid a more than two degree increase in temperature, a climate change tipping point, then our M.P.s must vote for this historic Bill. </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The NDP introduced Bill C-311 and the Bloc Quebecois will support it. We must pressure the leaders of the Liberal and Conservative parties to vote yes on Bill C-311. </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">In fact, all we need is Liberal support! However, the Liberals have made no commitment and many people are scared that some in the party will vote no. We need to pressure them. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Stephen Harper's Conservatives have consistently voted against Bill C-311, and have prevented any meaningful progress on climate change, but we should still ask them for their support. You never know. </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The duration of my fast will be determined by the Liberals and/or the Conservatives because neither party has made a commitment to the bill. We are so close to making history but we must make sure our politicians do the right thing! </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1D9B20"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">You can click the following link to send off an email to each federal party asking them to support this critical climate bill</span></font></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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