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Protests Overseas Against Canada’s Deadly Asbestos Trade

PROTESTS OVERSEAS AGAINST CANADA’S DEADLY ASBESTOS TRADE Around the world, health experts, trade unionists and social activists have called on Premier Charest and Prime Minister Harper to stop supporting and funding Canada’s deadly asbestos trade. Demonstrations to stop asbestos export were held on Quebec’s National Day, June 24, in the following cities: Hong Kong, [...]

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Overseas Demonstrations Protest Expansion of Quebec Asbestos Mine

Protests in Seoul, South Korea; Washington DC; New York and Brussels, June 24, 2010 OVERSEAS DEMONSTRATIONS PROTEST EXPANSION OF QUEBEC ASBESTOS MINE On Quebec’s national day, June 24, protests took place around the world against a proposed Quebec government $58 million subsidy to revive Quebec’s dying asbestos industry. This subsidy would allow the inidustry to open [...]

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Quebec medical experts challenge Premier Charest: Stop supporting asbestos

In the letter below, Quebec medical experts and health advocates challenge Premier Charest to stop betraying independent science on asbestos harm and to stop betraying public health.  “We find it indefensible that, as the result of your government’s policy, those who are being exposed to harm from asbestos-related disease and death are amongst [...]

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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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More Media Coverage of Protests in India

Media coverage of the protests that have happened in India surrounding Quebec Premier Jean Charest’s visit – click on the title to listen or read. 1. CBC Radio – As It Happens (CBC Radio, Tuesday Feburary 9, 2010) The CBC radio program, As It Happens, interviewed Anup Srivastava of the Building and Woodworkers International, who helped organize the [...]

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