STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Sopranos fanatics, this one is for you. Tony Soprano's autographed Suburban is available for purchase on eBayTM. James Gandolfini has personally signed the vehicle. Find this and over 800 other Sopranos items for sale on eBay. http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/ebay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 17/07/01 12:29:58 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subj: no_to_nato Responses from two councillors re: NATO mtgs in Ottawa Date: 17/07/01 12:29:58 Eastern Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Sanders) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The following two responses have been received from Ottawa City councillors: Response from Councillor Clive Doucet: The answer to all four is no. The problem is just how do we go about getting to yes because as far as I know the City has no department or personnel set up to deal with these kinds of questions i.e. our city is free, we normally don't limit who or who may not have a conference here. Therefore outside of the Mayor's office, I don't even know who the questions should be addressed to. The other avenue is a general enquiry at full council which I was prepared to do and will unless the Mayor's office has a better idea. Clive Doucet 16 Jul 2001 ----- Response from Councillor Alex Munter: Thank you for your message. I have already asked city staff to look into both the direct and indirect costs involved if the G8 summit is held here. As you point out, the same questions should be asked about the NATO meetings. Sincerely, Alex --- These were in response to the following email: Dear Councillor, The NATO Parliamentary Assembly meetings scheduled to occur in Ottawa this October 5-8 were originally scheduled for Victoria, BC. However, Victoria's City Council -- in its wisdom -- decided NOT to host these NATO meetings in Victoria because of the significant security costs that they expected. (Based on costs incurred by other cities for similar events, Victoria estimated that the security costs might be as high as $3 or $4.7 million). See the media release from the City of Victoria which is appended below or view it on the City of Victoria web site: <http://www.city.victoria.bc.ca/press/pr0047.htm> I have several questions that I would like you to respond to: (1) Has the City of Ottawa conducted a "risk assessment," as was done by the City of Victoria? (2) What costs does the City of Ottawa expect to incur by hosting this NATO-related event? (3) Has there been any discussion within City Council regarding financial and security problems associated with holding this event? (4) Considering the financial stresses faced by our city, wouldn't our limited resources be better spent serving the needs of the people of Ottawa rather than hosting an event which will face large public protests? Yours sincerely, Richard Sanders Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Richard Sanders Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) A national peace network supported by individuals and organizations across Canada 541 McLeod St., Ottawa Ontario K1R 5R2 Canada Tel.: 613-231-3076 Fax: 613-231-2614 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web site: <http://www.ncf.ca/coat> Help build opposition to NATO PA meetings in Ottawa, Oct. 5-8, 2001! Join the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" list serve: Send the message: subscribe no_to_nato to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe by sending an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the following command in the BODY of your message: unsubscribe no_to_nato >> ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The following two responses have been received from Ottawa City councillors: Response from Councillor Clive Doucet: The answer to all four is no. The problem is just how do we go about getting to yes because as far as I know the City has no department or personnel set up to deal with these kinds of questions i.e. our city is free, we normally don't limit who or who may not have a conference here. Therefore outside of the Mayor's office, I don't even know who the questions should be addressed to. The other avenue is a general enquiry at full council which I was prepared to do and will unless the Mayor's office has a better idea. Clive Doucet 16 Jul 2001 ----- Response from Councillor Alex Munter: Thank you for your message. I have already asked city staff to look into both the direct and indirect costs involved if the G8 summit is held here. As you point out, the same questions should be asked about the NATO meetings. Sincerely, Alex --- These were in response to the following email: Dear Councillor, The NATO Parliamentary Assembly meetings scheduled to occur in Ottawa this October 5-8 were originally scheduled for Victoria, BC. However, Victoria's City Council -- in its wisdom -- decided NOT to host these NATO meetings in Victoria because of the significant security costs that they expected. (Based on costs incurred by other cities for similar events, Victoria estimated that the security costs might be as high as $3 or $4.7 million). See the media release from the City of Victoria which is appended below or view it on the City of Victoria web site: <http://www.city.victoria.bc.ca/press/pr0047.htm> I have several questions that I would like you to respond to: (1) Has the City of Ottawa conducted a "risk assessment," as was done by the City of Victoria? (2) What costs does the City of Ottawa expect to incur by hosting this NATO-related event? (3) Has there been any discussion within City Council regarding financial and security problems associated with holding this event? (4) Considering the financial stresses faced by our city, wouldn't our limited resources be better spent serving the needs of the people of Ottawa rather than hosting an event which will face large public protests? Yours sincerely, Richard Sanders Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Richard Sanders Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) A national peace network supported by individuals and organizations across Canada 541 McLeod St., Ottawa Ontario K1R 5R2 Canada Tel.: 613-231-3076 Fax: 613-231-2614 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web site: <http://www.ncf.ca/coat> Help build opposition to NATO PA meetings in Ottawa, Oct. 5-8, 2001! Join the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" list serve: Send the message: subscribe no_to_nato to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe by sending an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the following command in the BODY of your message: unsubscribe no_to_nato
