How can you help? Uranium News Special Nov 1st
Steev Morgan
Date: Nov 1, 2007 10:40 AM
LETTER WRITING
Many people have been asking CCAMU how they can assist us. One of the
simplest ways of helping is to write to our government. This action is
particularly effective when it is done on mass. If everyone who read
this newsletter sent a letter, there would be thousands of envelopes
converging on Queens Party within the next two weeks. Now that
provincial parliament has resumed, it is even more important that we
set the agenda.
The following will be archive on our website http://www.ccamu.ca/
under the "HOW YOU CAN HELP" tab and then the "LETTER WRITING" subtab.
THE GOVERNMENT:
This is a cross ministry issue but if you were only going to write one
letter, address it to our Premier and then cc it to the other
Ministries and your local media (see below for addresses). We have
reason to believe that we have the attention of the Premier so it is
even more important to let him know what you think.
Handwritten letters are taken more seriously than email but please do
send an email if that is all you have time for. Your letter does not
need to be long to be effective but it is best if you use your own
words rather than a set form letter. MAKE SURE YOU ASK FOR A RESPONSE!
If you don't they won't reply.
When writing a letter to the government you can include some or all of
the following points. You could also write one letter per week asking
about one of the following points.
* Explain that the proposed exploration site is at the headwaters of
the Mississippi River watershed in Eastern Ontario, which provides
drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people and is used for
recreation and tourism.
* Explain that the site is in Algonquin territory, which was never
surrendered or sold to the Crown.
* Explain that time has shown that there has never been a "safe"
uranium mine in the history of the industry.
* Ask what protections are in place when the government grants permits
for exploration of uranium in environmentally sensitive and
populated area.
* Call for a public inquiry into the impacts of the exploration and
mining of uranium.
* Call for an environmental impact assessment before exploration begins.
* Call for a permanent moratorium of uranium mining in Ontario.
* Request that this issue be given top priority as Donna Dillman has
been on a hunger strike at the protest site since October 8th and we
all would like to see her return home safely.
Also write to your MP and MPP and tell them about your concerns. Ask
them where they stand on the issue of uranium mining. You do not need
to be local to this particular protest, to speak about your opposition
to uranium mining in Ontario. In fact this is a Global issue.
To find your MP's contact information go to…
http://www.canada.gc.ca/directories/direct_e.html
or call 1 (800) 622-6232
To find your MPP's contact information go to…
http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_current.do?locale=en
MINISTERS TO CONTACT:
Premier Dalton McGuinty
Main Legislative Building
Room 281, Queens Park
Toronto, ON M7A 1A1
Constituency Office
1975 Kilborn Ave, Ottawa, ON K1H 6N1
613-736-9573
Premier's feedback form
dmcguint...@liberal.ola.org
The new Ministers for the different ministries are now in place.
Hon. Michael Gravelle
Minister of Northern Development and Mines
99 Wellesley St. West, Whitney Block, Room 5630
Toronto, ON M7A 1W3
Phone (416) 327-0633
Fax (416) 327-0665
mgravre...@liberal.ola.org
Hon. Donna Cansfield
Minister of Natural Resources
6630 - 99 Wellesley St W, 6th Flr, Whitney Block
Toronto ON M7A 1W3
Tel : (416) 314-2301
Fax : (416) 314-2216
dcansfi...@liberal.ola.org
Hon. John Gerretsen
Minister of the Environment
12th Floor, 135 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, ON M4V 1P5
Tel: (416) 314-6790
Fax: (416) 314-7337
jgerret...@liberal.ola.org
Hon. Margarett Best
Minister of Health Promotion
777 Bay Street, 18th Floor
Toronto ON M7A 1S5
Tel: (416) 326-8500
Fax: (416) 326-8520
mbes...@liberal.ola.org
OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO CC…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900
p...@pm.gc.ca
Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May
Green Party of Canada
PO Box 997, Station B
Ottawa, ON K1P 5R1
lea...@greenparty.ca
Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton
300 - 279 Laurier West
Ottawa, ON K1P 5J9
Tel: 613-236-3613
Toll Free: 1-866-525-2555
Fax: 613-230-9950
TTY: 1-866-776-7742
layt...@parl.gc.ca
Federal Liberal Party Leader Stephane Dion
81 Metcalfe Street, Suite 400
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6M8
Tel:: (613) 237-0740
Fax: (613) 235-7208
dio...@parl.gc.ca
Le Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe
Montréal
3730, boul. Crémazie Est
4e étage
Montréal (Québec) H2A 1B4
Téléphone: (514) 526-3000
Télécopieur: (514) 526-2868
Québec
515, Grande Allée Est
Québec (Québec) G1R 2J5
Téléphone: (418) 524-8440
Télécopieur: (418) 524-6710
capi...@bloc.org
Provincial NDP Leader Howard Hampton
101 Richmond Street East
Toronto, ON, M5C 1N9
Tel: (416) 591-8637
Toll free: 1-866-390-6637 (ONDP)
Fax: (416)599-4820
douel...@on.ndp.ca
Provincial Green Party Leader Frank DeJong
PO Box 50014
224 Queen St W.
Toronto, ON M5V 1Z6
Tel: (416) 977-7476
Toll free: 1-888 647-3366
Fax: (416) 977-5476
fde...@greenparty.on.ca
Provincial Conservative Leader John Tory
Ontario PC Caucus
Rm. 200 NW Legislative Bldg.,
Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M7A 1A8
Tel: 416-325-7272
Fax: 416-325-3810
John Tory's feedback form…
http://www.ontariopc.com/contact_us.asp
MEDIA:
Please use these media address to forward your letters to the
government and/or to write your personal letter to the editor/media.
The Ottawa Citizen:
let...@thecitizen.canwest.com
Kingston Whig-Standard:
whi...@thewhig.com
Globe and Mail:
Let...@globeandmail.com
Toronto Star :
ci...@thestar.ca
LOCAL:
Perth Courier:
edi...@perthcourier.com
Carleton Place Canadian:
cpc...@runge.net
RADIO:
CBC Radio Ottawa and give them a story idea…
http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/features/pitchastory/pitch.html#
Perth Community Radio:
communi...@perth.igs.net
TV:
CBC TV The National's "Your Turn"
http://www.cbc.ca/national/yourturn.html
CTV:
CTV.ca News Team: newso...@ctv.ca
CTV News/Newsnet: ne...@ctv.ca
Ask Us segment on CTV News: as...@ctv.ca
CTV Medical Report: hea...@ctv.ca
Canada AM: a...@ctv.ca
Science: sci...@ctv.ca
Duffy: du...@ctv.ca
GLOBAL ONTARIO TV:
globaln...@globaltv.com
A-CHANNEL OTTAWA:
A-Channel News: ottaw...@achannel.ca
A-Channel Morning: ottawa....@achannel.ca
News tips, story ideas: ott...@achannel.ca
ORGANIZATIONS:
If you know of an organization that would support our protest and call
for a permanent moratorium of uranium mining in Ontario, please
contact them on behalf of CCAMU. Give them our contact information.