From: A. L. [artline@incentre.net]
Sent: January 20, 2009 12:23 PM
To: snovoligak@nirb.ca; lpayette@nirb.ca
Subject: Garry lake proposals re Ur mining

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  Cc: rossthompson@mts.net ; caribounews@arctic-caribou.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:13 PM
  Subject: Garry lake proposals re Ur mining


    To:Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB)

    Dear Leslie Payette this is a plea to spread the truth about the consequences of this toxic industry application you have before you..
    Please do not be blinded by offerings of dollars at the cost of our culture and health of all future generations for all peoples.

    Below is a letter I have just written with some very important links to the Pembina research report on the
    Ur poison released from mining wastes already happening in Saskatchewan.
    Please pass on the truth and not industry lies focused on there profit margins.

    "We abuse the land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.
    When we see the land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."

    - Aldo Leopold, The Land Ethic
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    On Sun 18/01/09 12:43 PM , artline@incentre.net wrote


      Please have some common sense and stop this toxic Ur development before it 
      ever starts...this planet needs clean renewable energy and the more you 
      destroy all our environments with a toxic industry like this the more you 
      kill our cultural heritage and its toxic impacts continue for tens of 
      thousands of years. 

      Nuclear power must be stopped all over the planet and the mines are just one 
      step to stopping it. 

      The Elders already have, in many communities across the north, given us the 
      following declaration which at the very least acts as a guideline....I only 
      hope the people of the north can encourage all of the importance of looking 
      for other ways by setting a clean standard of quality life for 
      generations....not the toxic give away $ to line multinational pockets and leave us with the wastes for generations 
      of sickness. 
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      Water is a sacred gift, an essential element that sustains and connects all 
      life. It is not a commodity to be bought or sold. All people share an 
      obligation to cooperate to ensure that water in all of its forms is 
      protected and conserved with regard to the needs of all living things today 
      and for future generations tomorrow. 
      (Keepers of the Water Declaration, Sept. 7, 2006) 


      http://pubs.pembina.org/reports/ClearingAir_UraniumMining.pdf is a 4 page 
      summary of the Ur poison killing the Saskatchewan people and their food 
      sources, including Caribou. Please forward to all that care about their 
      children. 

      Do not listen to the lies of industry...this is a dirty and destructive 
      industry for all. 

      Art Line.