Time is running out for Better Aid please we need your help


Time is running out for Better Aid / Le temps commence à manquer pour l'optimisation de l'aide
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Dear Make Poverty History supporter,
Congratulations to all who signed the Make Poverty History petition to the Canadian Senate to act on the "Better Aid Bill" without delay. More than 11,000 supporters signed up within a week! And it worked!
With your support Bill C293 was moved to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee where it is now being considered. After the Senate Committee deals with this bill it goes back to the whole Senate for a third and final vote.
But it is still a race against the clock. The "Better Aid Bill" will die on the order paper if an election is held before the final vote in the Senate. And it is now widely believed that an election is coming soon.
Please ask your MP in Ottawa to help with the final steps in passing the "Better Aid Bill" – Bill C293
Your elected MP is not (of course) in the Senate, but Members of Parliament do pay attention to voter opinions, and Senators may pay attention to them.
You can make sure your Member of Parliament does his or her best to get the "Better Aid Bill" through the Senate – ask your MP to act right away to get Senate colleagues to give final approval to this important new law.
Stephen Lewis
Professor in Global Health,
Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University,
former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa

For more information on the Better Aid Bill, visit http://makepovertyhistory.ca/e/betteraid

PS: Thank you to the many people who sent their MP a message about the Colombian Trade deal last month. Opposition to the deal going through without discussion is increasing.