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colleagues, </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin
Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">As you’re
aware, Laurentian University is filing for court
protection under the <i>Companies' Creditors
Arrangement Act (CCAA)</i> due to financial
challenges it is facing as a result of poorly
considered and reckless administrative decisions and
the erosion of public university funding. </span><span
style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="m_5433896571369051741paragraph"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin
Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"
lang="EN-US">Laurentian University is a public
institution, not a private sector corporation. </span></u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin
Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin
Gothic
Book",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white"
lang="EN-US">The federal and provincial levels of
government have a responsibility to step up and
provide Laurentian with the funding it needs, not just
to survive for a few more months, but to secure the
public institution’s long-term future. </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin
Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span
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Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"
lang="EN-US">You can help Laurentian professors,
librarians, staff, workers, and students: </span></b><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin
Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:red" lang="EN-US"><a
href="https://lufappul.ca/wp/?page_id=4989"
title="https://lufappul.ca/wp/?page_id=4989"
target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lufappul.ca/wp/?page_id%3D4989&source=gmail&ust=1612564698034000&usg=AFQjCNEcUUiSKG-m0qJKpHEbtkUQmaKBKg"
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Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">
to send a letter <i>demanding the provincial and
federal governments intervene to stop the CCAA
insolvency proceedings and provide long-term, stable
funding to Laurentian University. </i></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin
Gothic Book",sans-serif">Please share this widely
with your networks.</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin
Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US">In
solidarity, </span><span
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin
Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"
lang="EN-US">Jenny </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="color:#212121" lang="EN-US">Jenny J.H. Ahn</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="color:#212121" lang="EN-US">Executive Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="color:#212121" lang="EN-US">Ontario
Confederation of University Faculty Associations
(OCUFA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="color:#212121" lang="EN-US">Cell: (437)
855-4614</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="color:#212121" lang="EN-US">17 Isabella Street</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="color:#212121" lang="EN-US">Toronto, ON Canada
M4Y 1M7</span></p>
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