[Indigsol] Posters and Handbills for the Citizen's Inquiry

[Angela Schleihauf]

If anyone has a chance to distribute these. . .

There are extra posters and handbills being printed for the Citizen's
Inquiry into Uranium Mining.

They will be available at Octopus books at 2pm on Saturday.

About the Citizens' Inquiry- visit (www.uraniumcitizensinquiry.com)

The Citizen's Inquiry into Uranium Mining will be happening in Ottawa
on April 22nd at 1-5pm or 6-9pm at Rideau Park United Church 2203 Alta
Vista Drive. Written submissions will be accepted until May 1st.


What Is The Citizens' Inquiry?

CCAMU (Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium) is holding a
Citizens' Inquiry on the impacts of Uranium. This may involve, among
other things, public hearings, written and oral submissions and fact
gathering by experts, stakeholders and those interested in uranium,
community, the environment and social justice.

Why a Citizens' Inquiry?

Citizens became concerned when exploration for uranium began in 2007
in eastern Ontario and western Quebec. Concerns included contamination
and the resulting health and environmental impacts, which include the
risk to drinking water supplies, the health of millions of people and
the contamination of three major river systems, two of which are
upriver of Ottawa.

Nine municipal Councils and two Counties, in eastern Ontario, numerous
associations, two affected First Nations communities, several
not-for-profit organizations and thousands of Ontario residents and
others from around the world have appealed to the province of Ontario
for a moratorium into exploration and mining of uranium.

The Ontario government has a duty to protect its citizens and has
failed in that duty. In the absence of action from the McGuinty
government, a number of non-government organizations announced a
citizen's inquiry on December 13, 2007.

For a fact sheet on the risks from uranium exploration, mining and
processing in Eastern Ontario, go to www.uraniumcitizensinquiry.com