Arnprior Rotary members present petition to Gallant and Fantino

EMC news - Arnprior Rotary Club members made a trip to Parliament Hill on Oct. 24 to present a petition to their MP Cheryl Gallant and Minister of International Cooperation Julian Fantino.

Mike McGinn and Gerhard Peters presented the petition, which was started to encourage the federal government to support efforts to eradicate polio.

While the petition was started in August at the White Pine Festival in Arnprior, Rotary members were happy to stop collecting signatures after the government announced they would be matching funds raised by Canadian Rotarians.

Through the Canadian International Development Agency, the Canadian government will match funds dollar-for-dollar raised by Rotarians for the Polio Eradication Initiatve up to a maximum of $1 million, Gallant said.

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By Brier Dodge

Posted Nov 1, 2012 

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2012-11-09