THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United, in concert with its member
groups, will exert pressure upon the federal government of Canada to ensure that the following elements are in place prior to passing the revised regulation into law: Acute lethality tests based on both rainbow trout and Daphnia magna; Lowered limits for pollutants on the MMLER list of substances; A legal link between the Environmental Effects Monitoring Program and the regulation; A national toxicity registry to give Canadians access to important monitoring information.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United commends the U.S. Government for
recognizing the importance of sea lamprey control and the need to pursue alternatives to lampricides; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United commends the Canadian Federal Government for its increased commitment to the program; BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that Great Lakes United urges the Congress of the United States to fund the commission at the proposed $12 million level so that it can continue to suppress sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes while improving implementation and research into alternative sea lamprey control techniques.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that governments be requested to legislate the permanent
closure and decommissioning of theses reactors and withdraw any and all publicly funded subsidies,and; BE IT FURTHER RESOVLED that all those public subsidies immediately be shifted into new decentralized generation facilities using clean and safe, sustainable renewable energy sources to help restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes
Basin ecosystem.

Therefore be it resolved: Great Lakes United calls upon the US and Canadian Federal
Governments to reaffirm their commitments to a strong and effective, legally binding global POPs treaty, and to instruct their POPS negotiating team to revise the stances they have been taking in a number of key areas: Elimination, loopholes, precaution, and final obligation. Be it further resolved that Great Lakcs United will assist its member organizations, other Great Lakes institutions, and other organizations in efforts to convince the US and Canadian governments to revise their POPs negotiating stance in advance of the December rneering in order to assure that a strong and effective, legally binding, global POPs treaty is agreed.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that GLU supports an immediate moratorium on the growing of
genetically engineered crops; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as an interim measure all GE foods presently on the market be immediately labeled as such; and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that GLU opposes patents on life.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of Great Lakes United oppose the
construction of this pipeline.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United call on the Canadian
Government to adopt the SCFAIT recommendation #8 to reject the burning of MOX he1 and failing that, that no shipment of MOX he1 for testing be undertaken into Ontario until all the above concerns are fully addressed in comprehensive, thorough public hearings held by an independent panel of experts.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United enthusiastically supports full rehabilitation and restoration of the native coaster brook trout in Lake Superior and its tributary waters;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That GLU calls upon all citizens of the Lake Superior Basin and especially on all of the state, provincial, First Nation, and tribal governments in the Basin to expeditiously take all of the necessary steps to assure that their respective fishery management agencies both can and do implement plans leading to the maximum possible rehabilitation and restoration of the native coaster brook trout to the waters and tributaries of Lake Superior;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it calls on the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and especially on its Lake Superior Committee to modify their Joint Strategic Plan, Fish Community Objectives and other policies to accommodate the maximum possible restoration of the native coaster brook trout to the waters and tributaries of Lake Superior;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it calls on the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and its Lake Huron and Lake Michigan Committees to evolve plans for the restoration of coaster brook trout in Lakes Huron and Michigan;

AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that it calls on the federal governments of the United States and Canada, especially their wildlife and environmental agencies, on public and private charitable foundations, and on North American private environmental and conservation organizations to support, to undertake and to provide resources for a broad initiative to conduct the research, to restore the habitat in and the hnctionality of rivers and coastal areas, to develop the restoration stocking capacity, and to implement the regulations that are necessary to rehabilitate and restore the stocks of the unique coaster brook trout to the waters of the Upper Great Lakes.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United supports the goals of the Green Vehicle Challenge, a campaign which challenges vehicle manufacturers to produce vehicles in the near-term that meet a strong green standard, meeting the following criteria:

• Fuel Efficiency, 1.5 time s the fleet average for that vehicle's class
• Tailpipe Emissions, meeting California's ULEV standard's or better
• Clean Manufacturing, that includes best-in-class paintinglcoating, elimination of
• substances of concern and design for recyclability/recycled content

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that GLU supports a pledge campaign to collect commitments from vehicle consumers and fleet purchasers to purchase green vehicles if made available;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that GLU support policy initiatives, such as financial incentives and extended product responsibility, to promote the goals of the campaign;

AND BE IT FlNALLY RESOLVED that GLU supports the development of transition strategy to maintain and create jobs in the Great Lakes region while moving to greener vehicles.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United calls on fisheries management units around all of the Great Lakes to stop any further removal of the natural features of streams for the purpose of expanding the habitat for non-native species.

WE THEREFORE RESOLVE that the IJC recognize the magnitude of work to finish the proposed health studies and extend the life of this Task Force indefinitely and seek the necessary funding for this critically important work on a high priority basis!