Petition Submitted
The CEWF Petition with 651 signatures (combined from our website, Soyers Lake and the Kawartha Lake Stewardship Conference) has been mailed to Mr. Bruce Stanton, MP-Simcoe North who has agreed to table the petition in the House of Commons at the earliest opportunity. Thank you for your support!
Your CEWF Advisory Committee continues to work […]
Provincial By-Election – TSW
To help provide voter guidance for the Provincial by-election to be held March 5 2009 in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock riding, we have asked the key candidates to state their positions on the TSW. Here is the text of the letter sent to each key candidate:
http://cewf.typepad.com/2009_02_09_Letter_to_John_Tory_from_CEWF.pdf
We'll post their responses when we receive them.
Navigable Waters Protection Act
The changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act introduced in the 2009 Budget Bill (Bill C-10) can be found in Part 7 of the Bill, starting on page 291, at: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/content/hoc/Bills/402/Government/C-10/C-10_1/C-10_1.PDF
From a brief review it appears that:
1. The Act does not follow the Standing Committees advice to define “navigable waters” to exclude […]
Feb 2009 Update
Click here for the update on what's happening (besides a lot of cold, and snow, and cold, and snow…)
http://cewf.typepad.com/Feb_4th_Website_Info.pdf
…Happy winter
Letter to Prentice, MOE
With the new Federal Cabinet in place, we have sent this letter to Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment:
http://cewf.typepad.com/Nov_2008_letter_to_Jim_Prentice_MOE_Canada.doc
And, if you haven't done so yet, now is the time to sign the petition!
Petition Update
The support for signing the Petition has been outstanding! Signatures continue to be submitted daily. Two more weeks to go.
Two items for action:
1. Be sure you have 'verified' your e-signature to ensure authenticity. The verification process requires that after you initially submit your information, you will receive an automated verifying email, to which you must respond. If you […]