[Indigsol] FW: H2OIL: Tar Sands and Water Don't Mix - Thursday May 7

[Pei-Ju Wang]

> Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:06:44 -0400
> To: ont-ottawa-newsletter at list.sierraclub.ca
> From: ont-ottawa-newsletter at list.sierraclub.ca
> Subject: Sierra Club Ottawa Local Group Newsletter H2OIL: Tar Sands and	Water Don't Mix - Thursday May 7
> 
> Get out your calendars - there is a great event Thursday, May 7 in
> Ottawa: H2OIL: Tar Sands and Water Don't Mix.
> 
> Growing concern and opposition to the impacts of the tar sands on
> water quality and quantity has prompted a House of Commons Committee
> (the Environment Committee) to study the matter. Now, more than ever,
> we need a growing number of voices asking where the federal government
> is on the tar sands - a growing number of voices saying clearly that
> tar sands and water don't mix
> 
> Join us on Thursday May 7 to hear accounts of the impacts of the tar
> sands on water quality and quantity from four expert panelists who
> have seen and experienced the impacts first hand.
> 
> Location: Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St. Ottawa 7-8:30
> 
> Panelists are:
> 
> Stephen Hazell
> Executive Director, Sierra Club Canada
> 
> Mike Mercredi
> Traditional Knowledge Technician, Industry Relations
> Corporation/Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
> 
> George Poitras
> B.Admin., Consultation Coordinator Government & Industry Relations,
> Mikisew Cree First Nation
> 
> Eriel Tchekwie Deranger
> Rainforest Action Network Tar Sands Campaigner, Member of Athabasca
> Chipewyan First Nation
> 
> Please encourage others to attend and share this invitation broadly.
> 
> The event is sponsored by: the Council of Canadians, Polaris
> Institute, Indigenous Environmental Network, Rainforest Action
> Network, Sierra Club Canada and Environmental Defence.
> 
> Take action and sign your support for 'no new approvals in the tar
> sands' at: http://nonewoilsands.wordpress.com
> 
> Hope to see you there!
> 
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