Adam Prudhomme
Editor
Napanee council has agreed to throw its support behind a push from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative to call for the federal government to invest $1 billion in a Freshwater Action Plan.
Council voted to send a letter of support that will be forwarded to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Minister of Environment and Climate chance Steven Guilbeault.
The Cities Initiative is working with organizations across Canada to advocate for the investment of $1 billion for a strengthen Freshwater Action Plan. They say the funding, which was a Liberal election commitment, is in danger by recent efforts of the government to reduce spending.
The Cities Initiative has reached out for support from communities located along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence waterways.
-April 7 will once again be known as Green Shirt Day across Greater Napanee, part of April’s Be a Donor Month.
Council voted to honor the proclamation request made by the Transplant Advocate Association.
Green Shirt Day is held on April 7 in memory of Logan Boulet, a member of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team that perished when the team bus was involved in a collision on April 6, 2018 near Armley, Saskatchewan. From that tragedy came something positive. When word spread that Boulet was an organ donor, Canadians coast to coast registered en mass to become organ donors themselves, sparking the largest number of registered organ donors the country had ever seen.
In his honor, Canadians are encouraged to wear Broncos green on April 7, the day he passed.
Green Shirt Day is a also a tribute to the victims and survivors of the deadly bus crash that rocked the nation.
As part of their proclamation, the town encourages residents to talk to their family and let it be known if they wish to be an organ and tissue donor.