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month, OSPE held its first training session for the Society’s
newly created Political Action Network (PAN). The first group
of participants attended a one-day training session in the
OSPE offices to review policy issues and to learn more about
their role on PAN. The network will engage in government relations
activities on a local level advocating issues of importance
to engineers on behalf of OSPE members.
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From Left: Luke Pestl, John Schindler, P.Eng., OSPE Board
Director, Nancy Gillespie, P.Eng., and Gregory Cook, P.Eng. |
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All
PAN participants are volunteer members who will attend meetings
and establish direct contact with officials in their local
ridings with the goal of extending the reach of OSPE’s
advocacy work at a grassroots level across the province. The
PAN initiative allows members to become directly involved
in OSPE’s advocacy work and help strengthen the voice
of professional engineers in Ontario.
PAN
volunteers are scheduled to begin meeting with Members of
Parliament in the coming weeks and updates on their work will
be posted on the OSPE website on an ongoing basis.
OSPE is still recruiting volunteers for PAN and interested members
are asked to contact Hanan Jibry, P.Eng., OSPE’s Director
of Policy and Government Relations at hjibry@ospe.on.ca
or by phone at 416-223-9961, Ext. 236.
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