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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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Don’t revive asbestos industry, asbestos victim and rights advocate tell Prime Minister Harper and Premier Charest
November 24, 2011
Asbestos victim, Heidi von Palleske, and human rights advocate, Kathleen Ruff, challenged Prime Minister Harper and Premier Charest today to not to revive the asbestos industry.
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Kathleen Ruff, asbestos campaigner, receives 2011 Rideau Institute Leadership Award
November 22, 2011
The 2011 Rideau Institute Leadership Award will be awarded to Kathleen Ruff for her work to end Canada’s export of asbestos.
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Kathleen Ruff: “This is like saying tobacco does not cause cancer”
November 14, 2011
In his Globe and Mail article “WHO rebukes would-be Quebec asbestos magnate,” journalist Julian Sher reports that Baljit Chadha, the entrepreneur behind Quebec’s controversial asbestos exports, has earned a rare public rebuke from an official with the World Health Organization for distorting its position on the safety of the carcinogenic product. Ivan Ivanov, the team […]
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