Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Deadline for education funding petition extended!

The deadline for getting signatures on the petition calling for adequate education funding has been extended! We now have until May 11th to get petitions to MLA Kent Hehr's office, who has promised to present them on Calgarians' behalf in the Legislature. Already, 800 people have signed their names to this petition!

If you are willing and able to gather names and signatures for this important petition, here is the information you need to know:

- A downloadable copy of the petition is available at ow.ly/d/e1Z
- Make sure you get all the required information: names without signatures will not be counted
- Original copies ONLY - no photocopies, faxes or other reproductions will be accepted
- Use the text as written, as it has been approved by the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
- Send / deliver signed petitions to:

CALGARY ADDRESS
Mr. Kent Hehr, MLA
130, 1177 - 11th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB T2R 1K9
Tel: (403) 244-7737

EDMONTON ADDRESS
Mr. Kent Hehr, MLA
Alberta Liberal Caucus
201 Legislature Annex
9718 - 107 Street
Edmonton AB T5K 1E4
(780) 427-2292

Huge kudos to the parents of the Captain John Palliser School Council who put together this petition and have put enormous effort and time into collecting signatures.

For more information on this and other education funding advocacy opportunities, check out our website at www.capsc.ca.

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