Thursday, November 15, 2012

CTAG News Letter (Nov. 15, 2012)



Dear Friends,

A community task force named C.T.A.G. (Coalition for Transparent and Accountable Governance) has been formed in our ongoing challenge regarding the Shark Fin Ban Bylaw in City of Calgary and we need your continuous support.

Led by members of our community, CTAG is a non-partisan group designed to unite the voices in our community to challenge the Shark Fin Ban Bylaw, and our demand for proper consultation.  With help from many volunteers and community members, we have successfully convinced City Council to delay the 2nd and 3rd reading on the Shark Fin Ban Bylaw until January, 2013.  Thanks to advocacy from these volunteers, City Council has publicly committed to conduct more in depth consultations within the Chinese community before January, 2013.

To move forward into the next few weeks, CTAG need to raise around $50,000 to help covering the legal and consultant fees, advertising, and website costs for the ongoing challenge to the City Council for that undemocratic process of introducing the Shark Fin Ban Bylaw.  To help putting things in perspective, prior to the formation of CTAG, approximately $13,000 in legal, advertising and rental fees has been incurred and paid for by the Calgary Chinese Merchants Association and its supporters.

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As a valuable member of our community, your support is vital and necessary to the success of our on-going battle on this issue.  You are welcomed to donate in any amount, or purchase tickets to our fund raising dinner to support our work.  Details as follows: 

Date: Nov 20, 2012 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Regency Palace Restaurant, 3rd Floor, 328 Center Street, S
Tickets: $60 each or $500 for a table of 10 
For enquiries please call David Tam at (587) 718-0453.


Best Regards,
CTAG Committee 市政關注聯盟委員會

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