<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hi folks,</span><br></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv0165114077"><div class="yiv0165114077yqt2172699245" id="yiv0165114077yqtfd79708"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue',
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'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>It's Ontario budget prep time again and you too can be a part of it!!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>The Finance and Economic Affairs Standing Committee will be in Kingston sometime in the week of
January 20th to hear from the public. You will get a chance to make a presentation and then answer questions from the committee, usually from one party. {Note: this is NOT the Minister of Finance's
consultation - he does a separate circuit of the province and usually has a stop in Ottawa} The advantage to this group over the Minister's consultation is that you can address all three parties, not just the government.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>If you want to present in person, you need to contact the Committee Clerk by noon this Thursday. If you miss that deadline or if you want to only submit a written brief, you can send something to them by January 23rd. The contact info is below for both oral and written submissions.</span></div><div
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not because they tell us that dragons
exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” Neil Gaiman</span><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial,
'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ontla.on.ca/committee-proceedings/committee-hearings-notices/files_html/Pre-budget%20EN.htm">http://www.ontla.on.ca/committee-proceedings/committee-hearings-notices/files_html/Pre-budget%20EN.htm</a><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'CG Times', serif;"><span lang="FR-CA"
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">2014 PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATIONS</span></h2><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoBodyText2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-size: medium; font-family: 'CG Times', serif; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">CONSULTATIONS PRÉBUDGÉTAIRES 2014</span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoBodyText2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-size: medium; font-family: 'CG Times', serif; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align:
center;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs will meet to conduct <b>Pre-Budget Consultations.</b></span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing:
-0.15pt;">The Committee intends to hold public hearings in Peterborough,
Kitchener, Oakville and Toronto during the week of January 13, 2014; and in Sarnia, Thunder Bay, North Bay and Kingston during the week of January 20, 2014.</span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Interested people</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> who wish to be considered to make an oral presentation to the Committee should contact the Clerk of the Committee <b>by 12 noon</b> <b>on Thursday, January 9,
2014.</b></span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span></b></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Those who do not wish to make an oral presentation but who wish to comment on the issue may send a written submission to the Clerk of the Committee at the address below
<b>by</b> <b>5:00 p.m. on</b> <b>Thursday, January 23, 2014</b>.</span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Kevin Flynn,
MPP Katch Koch</span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing:
-0.15pt;">Chair/Président Clerk/Greffier</span></i></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span></i></div><div
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Whitney</span></span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> Queen's Park, Toronto, ON M7A 1A2</span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing:
-0.15pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing:
-0.15pt;">Telephone/Téléphone: (416) 325-3526</span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Facsimile/Télécopieur:
(416) 325-3505</span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">TTY/ATS:
(416) 325-3538</span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">E-mail/
Courriel: katch_koch@ontla.ola.org</span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0165114077MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><span
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