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An urgent message from the Ontario Electricity Coalition It’s not too late to stop electricity deregulation! Dear friend of public power, The Provincial Government is planning to deregulate Ontario's electricity in May 2002. If we act quickly and effectively we can stop deregulation. It’s not too late to stop deregulation: the Provincial Government has already postponed de-regulation twice and is in no way obligated to proceed with it deregulation disasters in Cali-fornia and Alberta have shaken he credibility of de-regulation advocates the vast majority of individual and corporate supporters of the Progressive Conservative Party would be adversely af-fected by deregulation - many can be won to speak out against it there is growing concern about economic instability - electricity deregulation would seriously harm an already shaky economy At last there is an organized op-position to deregulation of electricity in Ontario - the Ontario Electricity Coalition If you are concerned about the impact of soaring electricity rates, about the environment, about privatization, about Canadian sovereignty - join the On-tario Electricity Coalition! Campaign goal: To successfully pressure the Provincial Government to aban- don its plans to deregulate and privatize electricity in Ontario. What’s at stake Soaring electricity rates and reduced reliability would harm individuals, burden public ser-vices and threaten an already shaky economy. Deregulation and privatization would trigger NAFTA clauses that would make it difficult to ever restore Canadian sover-eignty over our electricity supply. Privatization, deregulation and loss of sovereignty would crush hopes for environmen-tally responsible and account-able electrical utilities. Campaign strategy Our Primary Targets are members of the Provincial Government. They have the power to give us what we want: a halt to privatization and deregulation of electricity. When planning the campaign, Coalition members asked themselves who the Provincial Government would listen to on this issue. We have concluded that pressure from traditional Government supporters is most likely to persuade it to change course. Therefore, the campaign is focusing on reaching Secondary Targets - people who have influence with the Provincial Government: industrialists, business people, senior civil servants and politicians at all levels. We must convince them that: 1. deregulation threatens their interests, and 2. they should take action to stop it. Of course we want people throughout our communities of natural supporters to speak out against deregulation. But our main organizing challenge is to persuade our allies to approach the Secondary Targets who have influence with the Government. Campaign materials are ready for you to use. The Ontario Electricity Coalition has prepared a step-by-step Campaign Organizer’s Guide. Campaign materials are ready for you to distribute. Organizing materials such as draft media releases and campaign letters have been prepared to help you build the campaign. A Lobby Guide and lobby materials have been prepared to assist you in approaching influential Secondary Targets in your com-munity. Please endorse the campaign. Please fax or email statements of support from individuals and from organizations. Please make a contribution to the campaign fund. Please contact a campaign or-ganizer by phone or email to dis-cuss how you can help visit our website: www.electricitycoalition.org Help turn the tide, together we can save public power. Thank you, Ontario Electricity Coalition

 

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