To everyone who endorsed and signed the petition: THANK YOU.

On May 21, 2011, we received the reply (below) from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office. The reply was cc'ed to Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, and Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade.

ASHA Canada will be in touch with the other organizations who endorsed the petition to follow up with Ministers Gould and Ng.

For now, we will keep this petition going and continue to update you.

Thank you,

ASHA Canada

 

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Dear Co-Signatories:

On behalf of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, I would like to acknowledge receipt of your email.

Thank you for sharing your concerns with the Prime Minister. You may be assured that your comments have been carefully reviewed.

In your correspondence, you raise issues that fall within the portfolios of the Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, and the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, to whom I note you have also sent copies of your email. While the Prime Minister appreciates the time you have taken to write, he will leave your comments to be considered by Ministers Gould and Ng.

Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.

R. Kabongo
Executive Correspondence Officer/Agente de correspondance
Executive Correspondence Services/
Services de la correspondance de la haute direction

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