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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-224--255761111 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Virginia, On 4-Jun-12, at 12:56 PM, V Redden wrote: > I have two comments about Bill-C 38. > > JS mentioned in paragraph 6 that the Act contains many references to =20= > 'precautionary principles'. > To depend on these principles without further clarification of the =20 > principles is like signing a blank cheque. Quite. There are as many different interpretations of what =20 'precaution" should mean as there are political perspectives on the =20 reason to be cautious. It's an attractive idea but there is no =20 consistency with how it is applied. > The second issue is this Governments continued usage of any method =20 > to limit public input. Another excellent point > Virginia Redden > Port Howe NS I just did a quick updated check, and in addition to the 11 sponsoring =20= organizations of BlackOutSpeakOut [Canadian Association of Physicians =20= for the Environment, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David =20 Suzuki Foundation, Ecojustice, Enviromental Defence, Equiterre, =20 Greenpeace, Nature Canada, The Pembina Institute, Sierra Club of =20 Canada, World Wildlife Fund, and West Coast Environmental Law] there =20 are now 532 organizations taking part as partners in this initiative. =20= You'd be hard pressed to find a credible environmental organization in =20= the country that is not participating, as well as many other 'radical' =20= organizations such as: 1. The Assembly of First Nations, BC Federation of Labour, BC Nurses' =20= Union, Canadian Association of University Teachers, Canadian Centre =20 for Policy Alternatives, Canadian Council for International Co-=20 operation, Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Canadian Federation =20 of University Women, Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Peace =20 Alliance, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Council of Canadians, =20 Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, Fair Vote Canada, Inter =20 Pares, Kairos, LeadNow, National Council of Women of Canada, National =20= Network on Environments and Women's Health, NOW Magazine, Ontario =20 Secondary Teachers' Federation, Oxfam Canada, Syndicat des =20 sp=E9cialistes et professionnels d'Hydro-Qu=E9bec, and Toronto & York =20= Region Labour Council to name just a few examples. 2. Prominent Canadians such as Bruce Cockburn, Franke James, Margaret =20= Atwood, Judy Rebick, and Stephen Lewis; and 3. And every opposition party in the country - BQ, Green, Liberal, & =20 NDP. United we stand. Cheers! Chris Christopher Majka 6252 Jubilee Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2G5 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you =20 believe in it - Neil deGrasse Tyson --Apple-Mail-224--255761111 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Virginia,<div><br><div><div>On 4-Jun-12, at 12:56 PM, V Redden = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"> <meta content=3D"text/html;charset=3DISO-8859-1" = http-equiv=3D"Content-Type"> <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" text=3D"#000000"> = <font face=3D"Candara">I have two comments about Bill-C 38. <br> <br> JS = mentioned in paragraph 6 that the Act contains many references to = '</font>precautionary principles'. <br> To depend on these principles = without further clarification of the principles is like signing a blank = cheque. <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Quite. There are as = many different interpretations of what 'precaution" should mean as there = are political perspectives on the reason to be cautious. It's an = attractive idea but there is no consistency with how it is = applied. </div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"= text=3D"#000000"> The second issue is this Governments continued usage = of any method to limit public input. = <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Another excellent = point</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" = text=3D"#000000"> Virginia Redden <br> Port Howe = NS<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div>I just did a quick updated = check, and in addition to the 11 sponsoring organizations of = BlackOutSpeakOut [Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki = Foundation, Ecojustice, Enviromental Defence, Equiterre, Greenpeace, Nature Canada, The Pembina Institute, Sierra Club of Canada, World Wildlife Fund, and West Coast Environmental Law] there are now <b>532</b> organizations taking part as = partners in this initiative. You'd be hard pressed to find a credible = environmental organization in the country that is not participating, as = well as many other 'radical' organizations such = as:</div><div><br></div><div>1. The Assembly of First = Nations, BC Federation of Labour, BC Nurses' = Union, Canadian Association of University Teachers, Canadian = Centre for Policy Alternatives, Canadian Council for International = Co-operation, Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Canadian = Federation of University Women, Canadian Labour = Congress, Canadian Peace Alliance, Canadian Union of Public = Employees, Council of Canadians, Union of British Columbia = Indian Chiefs, Fair Vote Canada, Inter Pares, Kairos, = LeadNow, National Council of Women of Canada, National Network = on Environments and Women's Health, NOW Magazine, Ontario Secondary = Teachers' Federation, Oxfam Canada, Syndicat des sp=E9cialistes et = professionnels d'Hydro-Qu=E9bec, and Toronto & York Region Labour = Council to name just a few examples.</div><div><br></div><div>2. = Prominent Canadians such as Bruce Cockburn, Franke James, Margaret = Atwood, Judy Rebick, and Stephen Lewis; and</div><div><br></div><div>3. = And every opposition party in the country - BQ, Green, Liberal, & = NDP.</div><div><br></div><div>United we = stand.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</di= v><br><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0,