Wednesday September 4, 2013 -10am

Posted Sep 4, 2013 02:03:50 PM.

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10:00am- Simon Palomar, Research Assistant at Centre for International Governance Innovation, Re: ‘Responsibility to protect’ is no basis for bombing Syria. How will the Syrian situation tie-in to the G20 meetings being held in Russia this week?

10:30am- Sheila White, Founder of the Litter Prevention Program, Re: Why it would be a massive mistake to omit litter from the proposed legislation that will govern how Ontario reduces its waste. White is lobbying the Ministry of Environment to remove wording in the draft Waste Reduction Act that allows producers to sidestep responsibility for their product litter.

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