<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="apple-style-span"><b><font color="#55aa44"><span style="color: rgb(85, 170, 68); font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">Green</span></font></font></span></font></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><font color="#0086ab"><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 171); font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">spiration</span></font></font></span></font></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><font color="black"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"> </span></font></font></span></font></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><font color="#ad004c"><span style="color: rgb(173, 0, 76); font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">News</span></font></font></span></font></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><em><em><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><em></em></span></font></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">“There’s a saying in the Talmud that’s been the motto for me for most of my adult life, “It’s not incumbent upon thee to complete the task but neither art thou free to resist thy part of it.” I take that to mean that I’m a decendent of a long line of social activists and social critics, hundreds and hundreds of them for hundreds of years, thousands of years before I ever came into existence. And that long after I’m dead there’ll be people doing the same kinda work that I’m doing. And my job is to do my piece of it; maybe it’s a little piece, maybe it’s a big piece. But somehow you gotta do your piece, otherwise there’s no significance in living, at least not for me.” </span></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">– </span></font></i><a href="http://www.ips-dc.org/blog/remembering_paul_jacobs_as_the_struggle_for_better_nuclear_safety_continues" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Paul Jacobs</span></font></i></a><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">, a former Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, a journalist, activist and co-founder of </span></font></i><em><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Mother Jones</span></font></em><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> magazine, investigated the results of atomic bomb tests on civilians and soldiers who were unwittingly used as guinea pigs</span></font></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></i></span></div></em></em></div></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div></pre></span></div></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div></div><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; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; clear: left; "><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="#FF009F">Senate page explains her brave Stop Harper protest on floor of Senate today</font></span></font></font></h1></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); line-height: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">In an unprecedented protest Parliament page Brigette Marcelle (aka Brigette DePape) holds up a "Stop Harper" sign during the throne speech. </span></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); line-height: 20px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">"Harper's agenda is disastrous for this country and for my generation," Brigette Marcelle says. "We have to stop him from wasting billions on fighter jets, military bases, and corporate tax cuts while cutting social programs and destroying the climate. Most people in this country know what we need are green jobs, better medicare, and a healthy environment for future generations."</span></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/judes/2011/06/senate-page-explains-her-brave-stop-harper-protest-floor-senate-today">http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/judes/2011/06/senate-page-explains-her-brave-stop-harper-protest-floor-senate-today</a> </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><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="#FF009F">Silently Speaking Truth to Power<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><a href="http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/fast-facts-silently-speaking-truth-power" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/fast-facts-silently-speaking-truth-power</span></font></a></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><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="#FF009F">Michael Moore offers job to fired Senate page<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/06/05/michael-moore-depape-harper-protest.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/06/05/michael-moore-depape-harper-protest.html</span></font></a></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">"For a young person to do that and to do it peacefully, and quietly and with grace, I thought it was a very powerful moment. Every now and then there is an iconic moment where an individual takes action, and it inspires others ... I think that Canada and Canadians probably need to put aside the full respect thing and get to work on preventing their government from turning into a version of ours." – Michael Moore </span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.michaelmoore.com/</a></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(54, 95, 145); font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/" style="text-decoration: underline; "></a></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="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;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF009F">Brigette dePape: </font></span></font></font><span class="long-title"><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="#FF009F">Brigette Marcelle hopes to inspire "civil disobedience" to STOP HARPER</font></span></font></font></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgQJwd50i9A&feature=related" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgQJwd50i9A&feature=related</span></font></a></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div id="content-header"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 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="#0069A9">The Harper Dictatorship<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">OK so this 4-minute video was produced pre-election, but I guarantee it’ll be the best laugh of your day.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://www.torontomike.com/2008/12/harper_hitler_downfall_der_unt.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.torontomike.com/2008/12/harper_hitler_downfall_der_unt.html</span></font></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div></font></div></pre></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 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="#B81D00">Beat Back The Tory Attack - June 10th in Ottawa - promo video<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Wish I could be there!</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhVBwTnr5HI" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhVBwTnr5HI</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div></font></div></pre></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div></pre></span></div></b></span><h1 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-weight: bold; "><span lang="EN-CA"><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="#00AB00">Global Commission on Drug Policy launches groundbreaking report</font></span></font></font></span><span lang="EN-CA"><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="#00AB00"><o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></span></h1></div><div id="content-area"><div id="node-1649"><div><div></div></div></div></div></div><div><h1 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; "><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The International Drug Policy Consortium ( IDPC ) just released a report by a Global Commission on drug policy that includes former heads of state, a former U.N. secretary-general and a business mogul, among others. The report declares unequivocally that the "War on Drugs" has failed and makes a series of sensible and provocative recommendations about how to deal in an effective and humane way with currently illicit drugs.</span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: black; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; display: inline !important; "><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> Download the pdf here: </span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.idpc.net/sites/default/files/library/Global_Commission_Report_English.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Global_Commission_Report_English.pdf</span></font></span></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></h1><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-CA"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">On June 2, NGO’s (including the Canadian Harm Reduction Network) released a statement in support of the Commission’s report. The statement is here: </span></font></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.aidslaw.ca/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">www.aidslaw.ca</span></font></a></span><span lang="EN-CA"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">. </span></font></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">This statement can contribute to an informed discussion of the direction Canada's government is proposing to take to address drugs and crime. It is a failed approach, the efficacy of which is increasingly challenged in most democratic countries. </span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-CA"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The AVAAZ online petition, referenced in the IDPC Media Release below, now has over 580,000 signatures -</span></font></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/end_the_war_on_drugs" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.avaaz.org/en/end_the_war_on_drugs</span></font></a><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></font></span></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: black; "><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The report is available in </span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://idpc.net/sites/default/files/library/Global_Commission_Report_English.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">English</span></font></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: blue; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">and </span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://idpc.net/sites/default/files/misc/Global_Commission_Report_Spanish.pdf" target="_self" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Spanish</span></font></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">For more information:</span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Associated Press:</span></font></span><span style="color: blue; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.startribune.com/nation/122988703.html" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">"High-level commission calls drug war a failure, recommends legal regulation of marijuana"</span></font></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: blue; "></span></span></font></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">BBC News: </span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13624303" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">"Global war on drugs 'has failed' say former leaders"</span></font></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: blue; "></span></span></font></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The Guardian: </span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/02/war-on-drugs-not-working" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">"War on drugs not working, says global commission"</span></font></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: blue; "></span></span></font></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Le Monde: </span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2011/06/02/la-lutte-contre-le-trafic-de-drogue-a-echoue_1530767_3224.html" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">"Un rapport pointe l'échec de la guerre contre la drogue"</span></font></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></font></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Wall Street Journal: </span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304563104576359913339364414.html" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">"Panel Calls War on Drugs a Failure"</span></font></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: blue; "></span></span></font></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></li></ul><div style="font-weight: normal; "><div><div><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><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="#00AB00">Major International Leaders Plead for the US and the World to Get Smart and Stop the War on Drugs<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The Commission on Drug Policy urged a shift from incarceration to consideration of a full range of alternatives, from decriminalization to legalization and regulation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/151197/major_international_leaders_plead_for_the_us_and_the_world_to_get_smart_and_stop_the_war_on_drugs?akid=7054.290405.a6CV34&rd=1&t=2" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.alternet.org/story/151197/major_international_leaders_plead_for_the_us_and_the_world_to_get_smart_and_stop_the_war_on_drugs?akid=7054.290405.a6CV34&rd=1&t=2</span></font></a></div></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-CA"><strong><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><h2 style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; width: 670px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#B45705">The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why?</font></font></h2></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">by Marcia Angell</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jun/23/epidemic-mental-illness-why/?pagination=false"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jun/23/epidemic-mental-illness-why/?pagination=false</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left; 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<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><h1 class="headline" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 39px; "><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="#A100AA">Food crisis will create millions more hungry: Oxfam</font></span></font></font></h1><h3 class="deck" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Demand for food to rise 70-90% by 2050 as production capacity drops</span></font></h3><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/05/31/oxfam-food-report.html">http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/05/31/oxfam-food-report.html</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0062AA">Dangerous Toxins From Genetically Modified Plants Found in Women and Fetuses<o:p></o:p></font></font></h2><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/1412" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/1412</span></font></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div></font></div></pre></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div></pre></span></div></b></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></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="#00AB00">Centre for Science in the Public Interest (SPINET) slams Canada's food guide</font></span></font></font></b></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></b></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; color: rgb(23, 53, 93); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Amidst the self-serving cackle of ads for fad diets and junk food, the 6-page Canadian Guide includes some good tips, but it also often muddies the waters by:</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; color: rgb(23, 53, 93); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">- Under-emphasizing the nutritional primacy of (non-starchy) minimally processed fruits and vegetables, which should comprise nearly half of our diet, and whole grains, which should make another third; and</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; color: rgb(23, 53, 93); "><span style="font: 12.0px Courier"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">- </span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Perpetuating fence-sitting on the adverse health effects of consuming red meat, cheese, and refined grains.</span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; color: rgb(23, 53, 93); "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></i></div><div><a href="http://cspinet.org/canada/pdf/canadasfoodguide-vs-usfoodplate.pdf"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://cspinet.org/canada/pdf/canadasfoodguide-vs-usfoodplate.pdf</span></font></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre style="display: inline !important; "><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></div></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre style="display: inline !important; "><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></div></b></span><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 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="#B90000">Algonquins of Barriere Lake vs Section 74 of the Indian Act<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Barriere Lake Solidarity has produced this video to help bring attention to the current struggle by the Algonquins of Barriere Lake (ABL) against the Canadian Government's imposition of Section 74 of the Indian Act. By enacting this obscure piece of the Act, the Canadian Government is attempting to take control of the community by imposing band council elections on the community. The ABL have always had their own customary government.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Watch the 4 minute video: </span></font><a href="http://vimeo.com/23103527" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://vimeo.com/23103527</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div></div></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div></pre></span></div></b></span><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><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="#6100AA">Despite Intelligence Rejecting Iran as Nuclear Threat, U.S. Could Be Headed for Iraq Redux<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Seymour Hersh says the US might attack Iran based on distorted estimates of Iran's nuclear and military threat -- just like it did with Saddam in Iraq.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Video interview: </span></font><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2011/6/3/seymour_hersh_despite_intelligence_rejecting_iran" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.democracynow.org/2011/6/3/seymour_hersh_despite_intelligence_rejecting_iran</span></font></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2011/6/3/seymour_hersh_despite_intelligence_rejecting_iran" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "></a>Transcript: </span></font><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/151196/seymour_hersh:_despite_intelligence_rejecting_iran_as_nuclear_threat,_u.s._could_be_headed_for_iraq_redux?akid=7054.290405.a6CV34&rd=1&t=5" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.alternet.org/story/151196/seymour_hersh%3A_despite_intelligence_rejecting_iran_as_nuclear_threat%2C_u.s._could_be_headed_for_iraq_redux?akid=7054.290405.a6CV34&rd=1&t=5</span></font></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/151196/seymour_hersh%3A_despite_intelligence_rejecting_iran_as_nuclear_threat%2C_u.s._could_be_headed_for_iraq_redux?akid=7054.290405.a6CV34&rd=1&t=5" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "></a> </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">And here’s an article by same Seymour Hersh:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><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="#6100AA">Iran and the Bomb: How Real is the Nuclear Threat?</font></span></font></font></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="#6100AA"><o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/06/06/110606fa_fact_hersh" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/06/06/110606fa_fact_hersh</span></font></a></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></div></b></span></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><p class="headline3" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; "><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="#006C93"><b>100 Amazing Places That Will Be Destroyed by Climate Change<o:p></o:p></b></font></span></font></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">“100 Places to Remember Before They Disappear" highlights what will be lost if we don't take action now on global warming.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Interactive map with photos and video. Exquisite images</font>. </span></font><a href="http://www.100places.com/en/the100places0/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.100places.com/en/the100places0/</span></font></a></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="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; 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