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[OPIRG-EVENTS] WED.FEB.28 - Pesticide Use in the City of Ottawa


URGENT ISSUE ON PESTICIDES ---

 WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ACT ON THIS TODAY 

--- CIRCULATE THIS WIDELY TO YOUR NETWORKS

If you reside within the City of Ottawa or have friends & family who 
do please circulate this e-mail and take action on it TODAY by 
sending a quick e-mail (see sample below) or by making a phone call 
to your city councillor (see addresses & tel #'s below) stating that:

"My health and the health of our community is vitally important and 
when it comes to pesticides and toxic substances issues they should 
remain first and foremost a human health issue. Thus, the Health, 
Recreation and Social Services Committee (HRSSC) of the City of 
Ottawa should retain responsibility for pesticides and toxic 
substances issues.  Furthermore, our Medical Officer of Health should 
keep the lead role with regard to pesticides used in urban areas."


Send copies to:

Mayor Bob Chiarelli Bus: 613-560-2068 Fax: 613-580-2509
E-mail: Bob.Chiarelli@city.ottawa.on.ca

Dr. Robert Cushman Medical Officer of Health and Long Term Care  
Bus:  613-580-2424 x 23684      
E-mail: Robert.Cushman@city.ottawa.on.ca


Ottawa City Council will be voting on this issue on Wednesday, 
February 28 at 1:30 pm.  Your support will be greatly appreciated. 
Thank you for making a difference for our communities.

______________________________________________________________

SAMPLE LETTER TO E_MAIL/FAX (use your own words if you have time)

February 27, 2001


Councillor  (Your Councillor)
City of Ottawa
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, ON       K1P 1J1

Dear  (fill in Your Councillor);

My health and the health of our community is vitally important and 
when it comes to pesticides and toxic substances issues they should 
remain first and foremost a human health issue. Thus, the Health, 
Recreation and Social Services Committee (HRSSC) of the City of 
Ottawa should retain responsibility for pesticides and toxic 
substances issues.  Furthermore, our Medical Officer of Health should 
keep the lead role with regard to pesticides used in urban areas.

As such, I urge you, as my representative on Ottawa City Council, to 
keep pesticide issues with the Health, Recreation and Social Services 
Committee (HRSSC) and not to support the transfer of responsibilities 
for pesticides as requested to City Council by the Environmental 
Services Committee's amendments to their Terms of Reference (see ESC 
Report 1).

I look forward to hearing from you or your office on the outcome of 
this decision by Ottawa City Council following your City Council 
meeting on Wednesday February 28, 2001.

Sincerely,


(fill in your name)
(fill in your full address)
(fill in your telephone number)


c.c.:  	Mayor Bob Chiarelli
	Dr. Robert Cushman Medical Officer of Health and Long Term Care
______

City of Ottawa http://city.ottawa.on.ca

Mayor Bob Chiarelli Bus: 613-560-2068 Fax: 613-580-2509 E-mail: 
Bob.Chiarelli@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 1 Orleans Herb Kreling Bus: 613-580-2471 Fax: 613-580-2511 
E-mail: Herb.Kreling@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 2 Innes Rainer Bloess Bus: 613-580-2472 Fax: 613-580-2512 
E-mail: Rainer.Bloess@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 3 Bell South Nepean Jan Harder Bus: 613-580-2473 Fax: 
613-580-2513 E-mail: Jan.Harder@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 4 Kanata Alex Munter Bus: 613-580-2474 Fax: 613-580-2514 E-mail: 
Alex.Munter@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 5 West Carleton Dwight Eastman Bus: 613-580-2475 Fax: 
613-580-2515 E-mail: Dwight.Eastman@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 6 Goulbourn Janet Stavinga Bus: 613-580-2476 Fax: 613-580-2516 
E-mail: Janet.Stavinga@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 7 Bay Alex Cullen Bus: 613-580-2477 Fax: 613-580-2517 E-mail: 
Alex.Cullen@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 8 Baseline Rick Chiarelli Bus: 613-580-2478 Fax: 613-580-2518 
E-mail: Rick.Chiarelli@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 9 Knoxdale-Merivale Gord Hunter Bus: 613-580-2479 Fax: 
613-580-2519 E-mail: Gord.Hunter@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate Diane Deans 613-580-2480 613-580-2520 
E-mail: Diane.Deans@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 11 Beacon Hill-Cyrville Michel Bellemare Bus: 613-580-2481 Fax: 
613-580-2521 E-mail: Michel.Bellemare@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier Madeleine Meilleur Bus: 613-580-2482 Fax: 
613-580-2522 E-mail: Madeleine.Meilleur@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 13 Rideau-Rockcliffe Jacques Legendre Bus: 613-580-2483 Fax: 
613-580-2523 E-mail: Jacques.Legendre@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 14 Somerset Elisabeth Arnold Bus: 613-580-2484 Fax: 613-580-2524 
E-mail: Elisabeth.Arnold@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 15 Kitchissippi Shawn Little Bus: 613-580-2485 Fax: 613-580-2525 
E-mail: Shawn.Little@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 16 River Wendy Stewart Bus: 613-580-2486 Fax: 613-580-2526 
E-mail: Wendy.Stewart@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 17 Capital Clive Doucet Bus: 613-580-2487 Fax: 613-580-2527 
E-mail: Clive.Doucet@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 18 Alta Vista Peter Hume Bus: 613-580-2488 Fax: 613-580-2528 
E-mail: Peter.Hume@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 19 Cumberland Phil McNeely Bus: 613-580-2489 Fax: 613-580-2529 
E-mail: Phil.McNeely@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 20 Osgoode Doug Thompson Bus: 613-580-2490 Fax: 613-580-2530 
E-mail: Doug.Thompson@city.ottawa.on.ca

Ward 21 Rideau Glenn Brooks Bus: 613-580-2491 Fax: 613-580-2531 
E-mail: Glenn.Brooks@city.ottawa.on.ca --

-- 

Mike Christie
(613) 228-7499 / bus.
(613) 228-7487 / fax.
mikechristie@home.com  / e-mail

The Laws of Ecology: "All things are interconnected. Everything goes 
somewhere. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Nature bats last."

by Ernest Callenbach

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