Clapper, Patti, Schweizer and Mason

How can Canada’s Prime Minister continue to support the export of harmful asbestos even though the Canadian government has been abating the deadly fiber from its public buildings for years?  It’s like saying its okay to pull the trigger and kill in other countries as long as we aren’t killing our own!
Prime Minister Stephen Harper [...]

The Canadian government is considering re-opening an asbestos mine in order to get new supplies of chrysotile asbestos.  A proposal to convert Jeffrey Mine, an open pit mine that supplied much of the export supply of chrysotile asbestos, into an underground operation is being considered by the government despite global protests and knowledge of the [...]

Mr. Jim Morris of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reports that they have concluded a nine-month investigation into a worldwide network of lobby groups who have spent close to $100 million dollars to maintain the international market for asbestos since the mid-1980s. The lobbyists are backed by both public and private and are even [...]

Last week, we stated clearly in an article that we did NOT support the continued use of mining and exportation of asbestos from Canada.  Almost all of the chrysotile asbestos mined in Quebec gets sent to third world, developing countries that do not have the knowledge or protections against the use of asbestos.  This means [...]

A legislative bill written by Canadian students will be presented this week that calls for a federal government ban on the export of asbestos.  The bill was written by students in response to an invitation from MP Nathan Cullen to write a proposal on how they would improve the country.   Asbestos production and exportation is [...]