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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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The Gazette – ‘Scientists, MDs, labour groups sound the alarm’

An article from the Montreal Gazette on January 30, 2010 highlights the efforts of Kathleen Ruff and Right On Canada to convince the Canadian to ban asbestos. You can read it below, or click here for the link.

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India Abroad: Indian bill seeks ban on import of asbestos

Here is an article just published in India Abroad, a publication that is read by the Indo-Canadian community. Indian bill seeks ban on import of asbestos AJIT JAIN IN TORONTO Canada must support the listing of Chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous product under the Rotterdam Convention, an Indian social activist group has said. A debate has been raging on in [...]

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Climate-change skeptics gain from Ottawa funding

Climate-change skeptics gain from Ottawa funding The Canadian Press December 15, 2009 The federal government has been funding an asbestos lobby group that promotes the work of prominent climate-change skeptics. The revelation comes as Canada’s delegation struggles to avoid being cast as the villain at the Copenhagen climate conference, and environmentalists are urging the government to stop financing [...]

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Canada Must Stop Protecting Asbestos Industry

June 22, 2009 Vancouver Free Press Commentary By Kathleen Ruff When Canadians are asked for examples of Canada playing a pivotal role on the world stage, we talk about how our country helped bring about a ban on land mines and create UN peacekeepers. It’s unlikely anyone would mention the key global role played by Canada to market a deadly [...]

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