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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:teal'>No</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span style='color:blue'>Nukes</span> <span style='color:red'>News</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Mar. 9, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=texto1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We have not experienced an energy transition in our lifetimes but we must move to the green energy of the 21st century - renewables and major increases in energy efficiency. Europe has over 800 offshore wind projects, the U.S. has none. We are being left behind. We need to accelerate the transition to green energy. – Robert Repetto, environmental economist<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=bodycontents1><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Socialism collapsed because it did not allow prices to tell the economic truth. Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow prices to tell the ecological truth. - Oystein Dahle, former Vice President of Exxon Norway.</span><span class=bodycontents1><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=text><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Please <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/nuke_debt"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>click here now</span></a> to send McGuinty and Hudak a letter!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=text><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E46C0A'>Tell them it’s time to cut up the nuclear credit card</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>and get a firm hold on nuclear spending. It is time to stop taxpayer-financed nuclear bailouts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=text><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> For more information, please read our new factsheet, <em><a href="http://ocaa.createsend1.com/t/y/l/fikdul/nuhhkudyk/y">Ontario’s Stranded Nuclear Debt: A Cautionary Tale</a>.</em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4F81BD'>Demand that Ontario refuse permission for radioactive shipments on the Great Lakes. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></h2><h2><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sign the petition.</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://canadians.org/action/2011/great-lakes.html">http://canadians.org/action/2011/great-lakes.html</a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F81BD'>Environmental groups commence legal proceedings against</span></b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F81BD'> <span class=apple-style-span><b>proposed shipment of radioactive waste through the Great Lakes</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0000F0'><a href="http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/trade-and-environment/media/release/environmental-groups-commence-legal-proceedings-against-proposed"><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:blue'>http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/trade-and-environment/media/release/environmental-groups-commence-legal-proceedings-against-proposed</span></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F81BD'>Nuclear waste gets recycled into goods</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F81BD'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Improper disposal of equipment is allowing radioactive materials to contaminate metals for consumer items.</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/12/business/fi-radioactive12">http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/12/business/fi-radioactive12</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#4F81BD'>Groups urge feds to stall 'nuclear garbage' shipment; Eighty-three MPs sign petition<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Groups+urge+feds+stall+nuclear+garbage+shipment/4407434/story.html">http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Groups+urge+feds+stall+nuclear+garbage+shipment/4407434/story.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#604A7B'>Ontario Hydro Charges<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#604A7B'>Hansard Report – Provincial Gov’t debate in the House on Mar. 3 about ON’s stranded nuclear debt <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?Date=2011-03-02&Parl=39&Sess=2&locale=en#P865_219053">http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?Date=2011-03-02&Parl=39&Sess=2&locale=en#P865_219053</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>And here’s the discussion in the House, same day, about new nuclear projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?Date=2011-03-02&Parl=39&Sess=2&locale=en#P448_112732">http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?Date=2011-03-02&Parl=39&Sess=2&locale=en#P448_112732</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>There are lots of different numbers thrown around by the various parties. The actual pay downs of the provincial debt retirement fund can be found in OCAA’s report Ontario’s Stranded Nuclear Debt: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/nukedebt.pdf">http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/nukedebt.pdf</a> <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#77933C'>Funding shortfall puts Chernobyl reactor shelter in jeopardy<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>As the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident quickly approaches, European agencies are warning there is a multi-million dollar funding shortfall to build a steel shelter over the stricken reactor<span style='color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/946723--funding-shortfall-puts-chernobyl-reactor-shelter-in-jeopardy">http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/946723--funding-shortfall-puts-chernobyl-reactor-shelter-in-jeopardy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#77933C'>Fears over new leak at Chernobyl spark plea for radiation shield </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#77933C'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=info style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/fears-over-new-leak-at-chernobyl-spark-plea-for-radiation-">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/fears-over-new-leak-at-chernobyl-spark-plea-for-radiation-</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><em><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A;font-style:normal'>What Next for the WHO and IAEA?</span></em><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A'> Chernobyl, 25 Years Later<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/sherman03042011.html">http://www.counterpunch.org/sherman03042011.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#7030A0'>A sniff test for Ontario’s green politicians<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>With elections in the air, green groups are seeing red in Ontario: They detect a more toxic political environment in the coming provincial campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>Previously, green was good. Coal was bad. Soot stank. Politicians eagerly harvested eco-votes. But the broad consensus that crossed party lines is evaporating, replaced by rival visions of green energy, eco-fees and the Greenbelt. Anti-environmentalism has energized much of the political opposition, placing the Liberals on the defensive.<o:p></o:p></p><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.thestar.com/article/947708--cohn-a-sniff-test-for-ontario-s-green-politicians">http://www.thestar.com/article/947708--cohn-a-sniff-test-for-ontario-s-green-politicians</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C0504D'>Submission to the Darlington Hearings from Mouvement Vert Mauricie<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Incredible submission opposing the proposed Darlington nuclear new-build. The first 4 pages are French, but the rest is in English. It’s a large doc, so many take some seconds to open, but well worth the wait!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://ccnr.org/MVM_final.pdf">http://ccnr.org/MVM_final.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>OPG a little early with its April Fool’s day prank<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Apparently, April Fool’s day has come early this year. How else to explain the ads Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is running in today’s Globe and Mail and Toronto Star? OPG is making the astounding claim that its last three major nuclear projects were completed “on budget”. Here’s the <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/active/0/darlington.pdf">truth</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In 1999 OPG forecast that the cost of returning its shutdown Pickering A Unit 4 nuclear reactor to service would be $457 million. The real cost was 2.7 times higher at $1.25 billion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In 1999 OPG estimated that it would cost $213 million to return its shutdown Pickering A Unit 1 nuclear reactor to service. The actual cost was 4.8 times higher at $1.016 billion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In 1975 OPG’s predecessor company, Ontario Hydro, said that it would cost $3.2 billion to build the Darlington Nuclear Station. The real cost was 4.5 times higher at $14.319 billion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Every nuclear project in Ontario’s history has gone massively over budget. On average, the real costs of Ontario’s nuclear projects have exceeded their original cost estimates by 2.5 times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>Please contact <a href="mailto:bduguid.mpp@liberal.ola.org">Energy Minister Duguid</a> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>(and cc <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">me</a>)<b> and tell him that you don’t want OPG to use our money to pay for false advertising</b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Enough is enough. It is time to respect Ontario’s taxpayers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#C00000'>Federal government to cut environmental spending</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Harper government is projecting some major cuts to several of its environmental initiatives, including climate change and clean air, over the next year, according to newly released federal estimates.</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.canada.com/business/Federal+government+environmental+spending/4367709/story.html"><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:blue'>http://www.canada.com/business/Federal+government+environmental+spending/4367709/story.html</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Harper guts environment funding</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><a href="http://greenparty.ca/media-release/2011-03-02/harper-government-guts-environmental-funding" target="_blank">http://greenparty.ca/media-release/2011-03-02/harper-government-guts-environmental-funding</a> <br><br><b>Harper government cuts to environment programs bad policy and bad for future generations</b><br><a href="http://atlantic.sierraclub.ca/en/node/3895" target="_blank">http://atlantic.sierraclub.ca/en/node/3895</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C0504D'>ACTION ALERT: Budget cuts to Environment Canada are unacceptable </span></b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C0504D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span class=apple-style-span>News agencies are reporting that the Harper government is planning a $222-million or 20% reduction in spending at Environment Canada.</span> <span class=apple-style-span>This includes a $141 million cut to climate change and clean air initiatives, as well as a $19.5-million cut to a federal action plan dealing with contaminated federal sites, and about $3-million in reductions for compliance promotion and enforcement for wildlife and pollution.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=apple-style-span>Meanwhile, in 2010 to 2011, Environment Canada’s program activities amount to just over one billion dollars while National Defence spending is over twenty billion. This is further evidence that the Harper government is out of step with the views of Canadians.</span> <span class=apple-style-span>According to recent Environics poll, seventy-one percent of Canadians strongly or somewhat agreed with the statement, "money spent on wars and the military would all be better spent on efforts that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate change.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=style2><span class=apple-style-span>TAKE ACTION! Tell the Prime Minister, Environment Minister Peter Kent and the leaders of the opposition that you are opposed to this decision. Send them a letter here:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://canadians.org/action/2011/env-can-cutbacks.html"><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:blue'>http://canadians.org/action/2011/env-can-cutbacks.html</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#77933C'>Foreseeing a sunny future for solar - The founder of Canadian Solar says boom in solar power 'inevitable'<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.therecord.com/news/business/article/496678--shawn-qu-foresees-a-sunny-future-for-the-world">http://www.therecord.com/news/business/article/496678--shawn-qu-foresees-a-sunny-future-for-the-world</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Save ecoENERGY <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=description>Click on the link below to send a letter to the Prime Minister showing your support for the ecoENERGY Retrofit - 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Sustainable Solutions for Increasing your Bottom Line<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>March 20-21, Kingston, ON<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Join Ontario innovators in business, industry, economic development, policy and research at the greenprofit Conference and Exhibition<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.greenprofit.ca/">http://www.greenprofit.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C'>Facing Off for Social Justice in a Militarized World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C'>Conflict Zones, Human Rights and Health Care<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Mar. 25/26, Ottawa, ON<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sponsored by Physicians for Global Survival<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Agenda and registration: <a href="http://pgs.ca/?page_id=725">http://pgs.ca/?page_id=725</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A'><a href="http://comeclean.ca/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>ComeClean.ca</span></a></span></b><span style='color:#E46C0A'> </span>challenges Ontario's elected officials to come clean and give clear answers about where they stand on clean energy jobs, burning dirty coal, clean water and pesticides and the Greenbelt.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong>Tell our elected officials to come clean on what matters to you.</strong> <strong><span style='color:#E46C0A'><a href="http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/8298/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=253" target="_blank"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>Sign the petition</span></a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Save the Date: Wed. 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