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Kathleen Ruff: Tribute to Courageous Asbestos Victim Who Challenged Quebec Government to Stop Exporting Asbestos
December 22, 2011
Rachel Lee, a Korean asbestos victim, came to Quebec in December 2010 as a member of the Asia-Quebec Solidarity delegation to ask that Quebec stop exporting asbestos. Her one desire was to save others from dying from asbestos.
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Lauren Hunter makes the move to Ontario politics
December 20, 2011
The Rideau Institute wishes to announce that our Director of Operations, Lauren Hunter, has accepted a new political posting in provincial politics.
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Lauren Hunter fait le saut en politique provinciale ontarienne
December 20, 2011
L’Institut Rideau a le plaisir d’annoncer que sa directrice des opérations, Lauren Hunter, quittera son poste pour accepter de nouvelles responsabilités en politique provinciale ontarienne. Lauren Hunter a débuté à l’Institut comme stagiaire d’été en 2008, puis après avoir obtenu son diplôme du Collège d’affaires publiques Arthur Kroeger de l’Université Carleton, elle a rapidement gravi […]
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Kathleen Ruff op-ed: “Last stand for asbestos?”
December 16, 2011
The Harper government is negotiating a free-trade agreement (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) with India, which would advantage our asbestos industry by removing the 10 per cent tariff on exports to its biggest customer, India.
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