Premier Dalton McGuinty
Main Legislative Building, Room 281, Queens Park
Toronto, ON
M7A 1A1
Dear Mr. McGuinty,
I am writing to you to indicate my support of Donna Dillman’s hunger strike calling for a moratorium on uranium mining in Eastern Ontario.
This crisis represents both a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge is the ever increasing world energy demand while preserving ecosystem integrity, bridging the conflict between settlers and First Nations and maintaining healthy communities. The opportunity is a sane energy policy, one focused on energy efficiency, renewable forms of energy and the capacity of taxpayers to sell back to the grid. May I refer you to an article in the May 31st 2007 edition of The Economist which reported a study by Vattenfall, a Swedish power utility. The study reviewed abatement costs of energy efficiency and production measures. It found that, at a macroeconomic level, energy efficiency measures would produce savings and economic growth whereas energy production measures would not. (more…)
As Donna moves through the fourth week of her hunger strike, (started October 8th) some of us are starting to worry. What of Donna’s four children and three grandchildren? Does she not sense the tremendous loss they would feel if there is no progress toward a moratorium on uranium mining and their
mother/grandmother comes to harm?
For thirty years Donna has looked out for things that might hurt her off-spring. Saying NO to uranium mining is more of the same. The danger she sees in uranium poses a far greater risk than falling off a fence or playing with sharp knives. It is a threat to her children and grandchildren and, is an example of what threatens all children and grandchildren. I am moved to tears as I read some of the letters of admiration and gratitude that are flowing in,
thanking Donna for making her stand.
Letters supporting Donna’s call for a moratorium on uranium mining can be sent to:
Premier Dalton McGuinty
Main Legislative Building
Room 281, Queens Park
Toronto, ON, Canada
M7A 1A1
Mike Nickerson, author of Life, Money & Illusion, write about her wife, Donna Dillman, member of the GPC Federal Council, going on a hunger strike for a moratorium on uranium exploration & mining in Eastern Ontario.
Greetings:
You may have heard that my wife, Donna Dillman, started a hunger strike outside the gate of the uranium mine proposed for up river from Ottawa. Donna stopped eating Thanksgiving morning, October 8, and aims to continue until there is a moratorium placed on uranium exploration and mining, at least for Eastern Ontario.