<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear NSEN Members and
Friends,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:black">(Eco Connections is attached... see note further below).<br></span></p><p><b>ACTION ALERT: Reinstate funding to the Canadian Environmental Network. SIGN THE <a href="https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-reinstate-funding-to-the-canadian-environmental-network-r%C3%A9tablir-le-financement-au-r%C3%A9seau-canadien-de-l-environnement" target="_blank">PETITION HERE</a>!<br>
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<p>The Canadian Environmental Network and its provincial affiliate networks need your help!</p>
<p>Historically, the Canadian Environmental Network and its provincial
affiliate networks received annual core funding from the Government of
Canada. This was used to facilitate networking on environmental issues
across the country, coordinate national and provincial issue-based
caucuses, coordinate ENGO participation in federal public consultation
processes, and maintain open lines of communication between ENGOs and
the federal government.</p>
<p>In 2011, as part of the across-the-board cuts to civil society
organizations by the previous federal government, all federal funding to
the RCEN and its provincial affiliate networks was cut. This left the
national network and most of the affiliates with functioning primarily
on a voluntary basis with limited capacity to do their work.</p>
<p>There is hope that the current government will provide for renewed
funding in its upcoming budget. This funding is crucial for the survival
of the national network and many of the provincial affiliate networks. A
proposal has been submitted. It now needs strong and immediate support
from environmental groups and individuals across the country.</p>
<p>This is where you come in!</p>
<p>Please take a few minutes to write to Prime Minister Trudeau and your
MP telling them why you value the RCEN, your provincial affiliate
network, or environmental networking at the national level in general.
Feel free to use the template letter provided below. You can personalize
it based on your experience or simply copy and paste.</p>
<p>Trudeau’s email is <a href="mailto:justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca" target="_blank">justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca</a> and you can find your MP’s email here: <a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members" target="_blank">http://www.parl.gc.ca/<wbr>Parliamentarians/en/members</a></p>
<p>Let’s show our federal politicians that a strong, well-connected
grassroots environmental community is essential to a strong Canada! See
template letter to the Prime Minister <a title="template-letter-to-pm" href="https://nsenvironmentalnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/template-letter-to-pm.docx" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:black">---<br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please see attached the February 2017 edition of the
NSEN Eco Connections. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:black">It can also be downloaded as
a pdf here: </span><a href="http://nsenvironmentalnetwork.com/resources/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"arial",sans-serif">http://nsenvironmentalnetwork.<wbr>com/resources/.</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please be sure to send us
your events, news and other opportunities!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:black">The next Eco Connections
will be published mid-March.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:black">Janelle</span></p>
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