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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#E5E5E5" lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Dru Jay, SmartChange.ca [mailto:info@smartchange.ca] <br><b>Sent:</b> August 26, 2015 2:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> Michael Gurstein <gurstein@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Introducing Friends of Public Services (a new way to turf Conservatives and fight austerity)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#E5E5E5;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=250 style='width:187.5pt;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#505054'><a href="http://www.smartchange.ca/?e=5811432d38823d32012f728012e68395&utm_source=smartchange&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=announce_fps&n=1"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=250 height=250 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0E669.0157CBF0" alt="Image removed by sender. Friends of Public Services / Smart Change"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#505054;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:7.5pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;-webkit-border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:
5px;-ms-border-radius:5px;-o-border-radius:5px;border-radius:5px'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#505054'>Michael -- <br><br>We're excited to announce the launch of Friends of Public Services, a new group that has been formed to take the fight for Canada Post's door to door delivery to the next level, help defeat the Conservatives, and make sure that Canada Post stays in public hands. <br><br>The web site has tools to help people across Canada take action and organize together to stop the cuts to door to door: <br><br>http://www.publicservices.ca<br><br>(Please <a href="http://www.smartchange.ca/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffriendsofpublicservices&e=5811432d38823d32012f728012e68395&utm_source=smartchange&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=announce_fps&n=2">like</a>, <a href="http://www.smartchange.ca/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FFriends_PS&e=5811432d38823d32012f728012e68395&utm_source=smartchange&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=announce_fps&n=3">follow</a>, share and <a href="http://www.smartchange.ca/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FFriends_PS%2Fstatus%2F636546388692725760&e=5811432d38823d32012f728012e68395&utm_source=smartchange&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=announce_fps&n=4">retweet</a>!)<br><br>The campaign aims to mobilize volunteers in ridings where the Conservatives are vulnerable, and where postal services have been recently cut back. Unlike some progressive issues, Canada Post cuts affect people across the political spectrum. It helps that Conservative-appointed executives have been rushed and reckless with the cuts. If people believe that it's possible to reverse the cuts, it could be bad news for Stephen Harper.<br><br>But Friends of Public Services is also aiming beyond October 19th. We will work to ensure that whoever wins the election reinstates door to door delivery. The bigger fight is to raise expectations: for redistribution of wealth and a sustainable economy.<br><br>In the background is the austerity agenda that has become a consensus spanning the political spectrum. The neoliberal ideology that tells us that corporate taxes can't be raised, that public ownership is passé, that deepening inequality is the price we have to pay for economic growth -- this is what we'll be challenging.<br><br>We'll be making the case that in one of the richest societies in human history, we can protect the environment, take care of each other, build stronger communities, and create more and better jobs by investing in -- and transforming how we think about -- public services. In many ways, postal workers are showing the way with some innovative ideas about how a publicly-owned company can improve quality of life and throw off the yoke of neoliberal logic.<br><br>But for now, they're fighting for their jobs, and they need our help. Wander over to <a href="http://www.publicservices.ca?e=5811432d38823d32012f728012e68395&utm_source=smartchange&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=announce_fps&n=5">www.publicservices.ca</a> to lend a hand.<br><br>With gratitude for all you do,<br><br>Dru Jay, on behalf of Smart Change<br><br>>><br><br>SmartChange.ca<br><a href="http://www.smartchange.ca/?e=5811432d38823d32012f728012e68395&utm_source=smartchange&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=announce_fps&n=6">http://www.smartchange.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:7.5pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;-webkit-border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:
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