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Take Action: End Public Funding for the Asbestos Lobby

While cutting funds from women's groups and aboriginal healing programs, Prime Minister Harper wants to give away $250,000.00 of taxpayers' money to fund an asbestos lobby group (the Chrysotile Institute). Write to PM Harper and tell him to stop this callous and immoral misuse of taxpayer funds to export asbestos disease to developing countries.

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Asbestos in India and Canada’s Cancerous Complicity

Photo: coverpage of publication by International Ban Asbestos Secretariat, http://www.ibasecretariat.org

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Request for Asbestos Investigation Turned Down

A few stories from February: Quebec Liberals rebuff effort to probe asbestos exports (Globe and Mail, February 17, 2010) Liberals shoot down opposition request to explore risks of exporting asbestos (Winnipeg Free Press, February 17, 2010) Exportation d’amiante – Les libéraux refusent de débattre (radio-canada.ca, le 17 février 2010) Les libéraux refusent de débattre sur l’amiante (La Presse Canadienne, le 17 février 2010) Khadir [...]

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Gazette: On hot seat over asbestos

Another great piece in the Montreal Gazette from last week, written by Michelle Lalonde. The article refers to the letter sent by a group of 14 Canadian physicians that accused Premier Jean Charest of misinformation about the dangers of asbestos. A group of 14 Canadian physicians, including McGill University’s Abby Lippman and Dick Menzies of the [...]

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Press Release: Quebec Premier Charest challenged by scientists for supporting the science on climate change, but not on asbestos

For immediate release: February 10, 2010 RightOnCanada: www.rightoncanada.ca Read here / Lire ici: Letter to Premier Charest, Feb 10 2010 Quebec Premier Charest challenged by scientists for supporting the science on climate change, but not on asbestos While Premier Charest is in Vancouver attending the Olympics, a number of scientists and health advocates have issued him a challenge for [...]

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