In early-March, the Council of Canadians announced that it was organizing a speaking tour to defend the Great Lakes as a commons, public trust and a protected bio-region, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=13917.
This is what the tour now looks like:
May 15 – Toronto
Venue: to be confirmed
Speakers:
-Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
-Kevin McMahon, Director of Waterlife
-Mark Mattson, Lake Ontario Waterkeepers
May 16 – Hamilton
7:30 p.m. Hamilton First Unitarian Church, 170 Dundem St. South
Speakers:
-Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
-Linda Lucasik, Executive Director of Environment Hamilton
-Mark Mattson, Lake Ontario Waterkeepers
May 17 – Thunder Bay
6:00 p.m. Italian Cultural Centre, 132 S. Algoma Street
Speakers:
-Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
-Josephine Mandamin (Beedawsige)
May 22 – Kingston
Queens university
Speakers:
-Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
-Bob Lovelace
-Mark Mattson, Lake Ontario Waterkeepers
May 24 – Sarnia
7:00 p.m. Lambton Inn Ballroom Lambton College, 1457 London Road
Speakers:
-Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
May 28 – Township of Tiny
Tiny Community Centre, 91 Concession 8 East, Perkinsfield
Speakers:
-Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
May 29 – Owen Sound
Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, 1900 3rd Avenue East
Speakers:
-Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
May 30 – London
Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St.
Speakers:
-Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
Additional speakers will be confirmed by the end of this week, so please check for updates at http://canadians.org/greatlakes.
The tour was informally launched in Buffalo, New York last November, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=12367; was in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in January of this year, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=13244; and visited Flint, Michigan in March, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=14370.
To read Maude Barlow’s ‘Our Great Lakes Commons: A People’s Plan to Protect the Great Lakes Forever‘, please see http://canadians.org/water/documents/greatlakes/GreatLakes-0311.pdf.
