[Advisors] news from N.S. & Ontario

[Peter Frampton]

Nora,
Would it be helpful for a small contingent of us to meet with you and Clemen=
t if there is a chance of a follow up?

Paf (please excuse the thumbs)

On 2011-12-19, at 5:00 PM, "Lynda Rickard" <lynda.rickard@tag4kl.org> wrote:=


> We have been interviewed by CHEX=3DTV see on line Thur Dec 16th,  Local ne=
ws -
> TAG funding.  They are also following up today with the libraries, and
> asking our MP to comment.
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> Lynda Rickard, Executive Director
> Technology Alliance Group for Kawartha Lakes
> 50 Mary St. W., (front)
> LINDSAY, ON    K9V 2N6
> (705) 878-9261
> (800) 407-6419
> Focused on Helping People
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: advisors-admin@tc.ca [mailto:advisors-admin@tc.ca] On Behalf Of Mari=
ta
> Moll
> Sent: December-19-11 4:30 PM
> To: advisors@tc.ca
> Subject: [Advisors] news from N.S. & Ontario
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> Hi folks.  I heard from Eric Stackhouse in Nova Scotia.  Their organizatio=
n
> is writing to Peter Mackay and Eric will try to meet with Mackay over the
> holidays.  But Mackay has noted before that IC doesn't see the fit with CA=
P
> anymore -- same argument we got in our meeting with IC.  It's going to be
> tough going to keep the program alive another year.  On the positive side,=

> N.S. has good support from their provincial partner (Economic and Rural
> Development and Tourism) and strong political support at the MLA level.
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> I also heard from Nora Fountain who had a quick chat with Tony Clement.  S=
he
> was met with the suggestion that CAP had nothing to do with the federal
> government now -- that it was all handled by libraries. Although she point=
ed
> out to him that even his closest site was not a library site,  it was not a=

> situation in which she could keep pressing the point.  But she did tell hi=
m
> that we (Telecommunities Canada) would be in touch to talk about the need
> for a nation-wide champion. She said he was open to hearing more.  So, sin=
ce
> Norah has opened that door, I guess we should walk through it.
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> On the library issue, we need to go to any meeting with any minister and
> make it clear in any letters any of us write, that the "libraries are taki=
ng
> care of it" line is really misleading.  We will have to recover the
> statistics we put together during the last crisis and share them around
> again.  One I remember clearly was that this line of reasoning would wipe
> out all sites in PEI.
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> Marita
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