The province of Ontario is expected to sign a contract sometime in June for 2 new nuclear reactors to be built at Darlington at a cost of $26 billion. We think they should invest that money on renewable energy instead, moving us toward a 100% renewable energy grid.
Every nuclear construction project Ontario's history has gone massively over budget. And we are all on the hook for these runaway costs, paying a nuclear debt surcharge on every kilowatt of electricity we use. Renewable and natural gas generating projects are strictly prohibited from passing on cost overruns to consumers or taxpayers. It’s time to level the playing field and end nuclear’s free ride.
Help Angela get the word out!
Contact me! Angela Bischoff, Campaign Manager
Tel: 416 926 1907 x 246 angela(at)cleanairalliance.org
www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca www.cleanairalliance.org
To get the word out we’re distributing leaflets http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/Nukes_Money.pdf around Ontario. To date we’ve distributed 90,000, if you can believe it. With your help we’ll distribute many thousands more. Can you help? It’s simple, fun and empowering to engage people in this issue. 9 out of 10 people we talk to are anti-nuke, I kid you not. They just don’t know the gov’t is planning new nuke builds. Let’s tell ‘em!
If you're in Toronto, please pick a shift or 2 and let me know which one/s you’ll show up for (so that I can let you know if things change unexpectedly):
- Fri. May 1, 7:30 p.m., Toronto Reference Library (Bloor and Yonge), Sally Armstrong on Moral Courage (June Callwood Lecture Series)
- Sat. May 2, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Environment Day, the Esplanade (at Sherbourne)
- Sat. May 2, 1 p.m. – May Day Rally and March, meet at Sherbourne and Carlton
- Sun. May 3, noon – 5 p.m. – Trinity St. Pauls Church (Bloor and Spadina), Ecofestival
- Sat. and Sun. May 2 and 3, Jane’s Walk http://www.janeswalk.net/ (there are more than 90 walks to choose from)
- Fri. May 8, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. – Church and Wellesley intersection
- Sat. May 9, noon – 2 p.m. – Summerville Liquor Store/stripmall (at Summerville subway station)
- Hot Docs (documentary film festival) is happening http://schedule.hotdocs.ca/ April 30 – May 10. If you go to any of the 150 films, please leaflet the lineups. People are just standing around, and you can give out 100 leaflets and talk to as many people in 15 minutes. Let me know which lineups you plan to leaflet. Here are some recommended enviro and activist films:
http://schedule.hotdocs.ca/index.php/2009/subjects/Activism/P12/
http://schedule.hotdocs.ca/index.php/2009/subjects/Ecology%20&%20the%20E...
- Blitzing residences: We’re now doing apartment blitzing. If you can help, let me know. We’ll plan a blitz that works for you.
Questions? Comments? Ideas?
Contact me!
Angela Bischoff
Campaign Manager
Ontario Clean Air Alliance
Tel: 416 926 1907 x 246
625 Church Street, #402
Toronto, ON M4Y 2G1
angela@cleanairalliance.org
www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca
www.cleanairalliance.org
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Online Petition – No nuclear subsidies!
If you haven’t signed the online petition yet, do it now! http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition.php
And send the link to all your friends!