Now is the Time to Do Your Part

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Fellow landowners! The battle goes well... we are making excellent progress on all fronts! Our arguments before both the BAPE and the NEB have been persuasive and have not fallen upon deaf ears; the MRC Memphremagog and the UPA have both seen the light and come around to our position; our appeal of the tainted CPTAQ hearings is moving forward; and our people are working on a daily basis behind the scenes at all levels.

Is it the time to sit on our heels? NO! It is time to increase the pressure. What can you do? Here are some suggestions:

• Write to the CPTAQ and make it clear that it is unacceptable that their hearings on the TQM PNGTS Extension project were set up and presided over by Brian Fahey, whose brother works for Gaz Metropolitain as a liason with government departments (TQM is a Gaz Met subsiderary) and does public relations for PNGTS. It is not sufficient that Mr. Fahey excused himself from the process during the third of the three days of hearings: the CPTAQ must reconvene their hearings with a three-member commission which clearly has no conflict of interest in this matter.
  
  And while you're at it, express your dissatisfaction over the fact that the CPTAQ has steadfastly refused to release the transcripts of these public hearings because they are the property of TQM, which so generously volunteered to provide the transcription services. Where is the tranparency?



• Write to Christine Stewart, the federal minister of the environment, and express your views on this project - if you wrote briefs to the BAPE and/or NEB, send them along with your letter!



• Discuss your views with neighbors and other residents of areas affected by the project, and make your opinions clear to politicians and public representatives at the local level.



• And keep the faith! Our cause is gaining ground each and every day and your efforts WILL make a difference!

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