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NRCan memos: Canada’s last asbestos mine will run out in 2012
July 22, 2011
2008 NRCan memos: Lac d’amiante du Canada (LAC) asbestos mine only has “life of two to four years.”
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Michael Byers: ‘Time is ripe’ to negotiate the Northwest Passage
July 22, 2011
In a guest column for the CBC, Michael Byers argues that now is the time for the Canadian government to engage the United States and other international partners on the legal status of the Northwest Passage (Byers, Michael, “Guest column: Time, Canada, to negotiate the Northwest Passage” CBC News, July 5, 2011) Byers points to […]
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Asbestos hypocrisy sticking to PM
July 21, 2011
Tim Harper cites Kathleen Ruff’s strong opposition to the government’s stance which he describes as having been “communicated forcefully and frenetically” in this piece on the exportation of Canadian asbestos to the developing world.
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Lauren Hunter Appointed Rideau Institute’s Director of Operations
July 19, 2011
I am very pleased to announce that Lauren Hunter has been appointed the Rideau Institute’s Director of Operations.
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