According to the World Health Organization and International Agency for Research on Cancer, all types of asbestos are harmful and cause cancer. Canada and Quebec can help prevent deaths from cancer and other asbestos-related diseases by acting now to stop Canadian asbestos mining and export.
Subject : Hon. Jean Charest, Take action against Asbestos!
Message : The Honourable Jean Charest
Premier of Quebec
Dear Mr. Charest,
According to the World Health Organization and International Agency for Research on Cancer, all types of asbestos are harmful and cause cancer. Canada and Quebec can help prevent deaths from cancer and other asbestos-related diseases by acting now to stop Canadian asbestos mining and export.
We call on you to:
Refuse the $58 million loan guarantee that would allow Quebec's Jeffrey Mine to extract 200,000 tons of asbestos per year;
End federal subsidies to the asbestos industry lobby group, the Chrysotile Institue, which have already cost taxpayers more than $20 million; and
Support international restrictions on asbestos trade.
