Sister Sage's Musings » Chrysotile asbestos http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Premier Johnny-Boy, What The Hell Did You Do Now? 58M For Asbestos, but Not For Students Or Social Programs? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/06/29/premier-johnny-boy-what-the-hell-did-you-do-now-58m-for-asbestos-but-not-for-students-or-social-programs/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/06/29/premier-johnny-boy-what-the-hell-did-you-do-now-58m-for-asbestos-but-not-for-students-or-social-programs/#comments Sat, 30 Jun 2012 03:52:24 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=12641 Well, boys ‘n’ girls,  I honestly thought this whole asbestos cheerleading thing would’ve died a well deserved death by now.  I mean, the last remaining asbestos mine, Lac D’Amiante in Thetford Mines closed down.  Premier Johnny-Boy looked to be delaying offering that 58M$ loan guarantee to the now-closed Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos indefinitely, passing . . . → Read More: Premier Johnny-Boy, What The Hell Did You Do Now? 58M For Asbestos, but Not For Students Or Social Programs?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/06/29/premier-johnny-boy-what-the-hell-did-you-do-now-58m-for-asbestos-but-not-for-students-or-social-programs/feed/ 2 Some Misgivings on the Part of Some Harpercon Backbenchers on the Asbestos Issue? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/21/some-misgivings-on-the-part-of-some-harpercon-backbenchers-on-the-asbestos-issue/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/21/some-misgivings-on-the-part-of-some-harpercon-backbenchers-on-the-asbestos-issue/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:07:23 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=10937 I was surprised when I read this piece from Jennifer Ditchburn and Andy Blatchford last night. It appears that some  Harpercon backbench MPs are getting a tad uppity and starting to look for their own information regarding the dangers of asbestos on their own. Five abstained from voting on an NDP motion to ban . . . → Read More: Some Misgivings on the Part of Some Harpercon Backbenchers on the Asbestos Issue?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/21/some-misgivings-on-the-part-of-some-harpercon-backbenchers-on-the-asbestos-issue/feed/ 0 Quelle Surprise, The House of Commons Voted To Support The Continued Sale of Asbestos http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/01/quelle-surprise-the-house-of-commons-voted-to-support-the-continued-sale-of-asbestos/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/01/quelle-surprise-the-house-of-commons-voted-to-support-the-continued-sale-of-asbestos/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:53:16 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=10699 Well, it’s now official. The NDP’s motion brought to the House of Commons to ban the sale of asbestos was struck down today.

By a vote of 152-123 this evening the House defeated the NDP’s motion on asbestos. The New Democrats, Liberals and Elizabeth May voted in favour, the Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois voted . . . → Read More: Quelle Surprise, The House of Commons Voted To Support The Continued Sale of Asbestos]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/01/quelle-surprise-the-house-of-commons-voted-to-support-the-continued-sale-of-asbestos/feed/ 2 Looks Like Dr. Kellie Leitch of Simcoe-Grey Made Her Choice a Long Time Ago http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/08/19/looks-like-dr-kellie-leitch-of-simcoe-grey-made-her-choice-a-long-time-ago/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/08/19/looks-like-dr-kellie-leitch-of-simcoe-grey-made-her-choice-a-long-time-ago/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:49:16 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=9292 It appears that hundreds of health professionals are now putting Harpercon MP for Simcoe-Grey, Kellie Leitch on the hot seat in an open letter, basically reminding her of that pesky little hippocratic oath she took when she decided to practise medicine in her previous life, and denounce her own government’s stance on asbestos.

An . . . → Read More: Looks Like Dr. Kellie Leitch of Simcoe-Grey Made Her Choice a Long Time Ago]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/08/19/looks-like-dr-kellie-leitch-of-simcoe-grey-made-her-choice-a-long-time-ago/feed/ 5 In Solidarity With Michaela Keyserlingk And Jean Charest Also Has Dirty Hands http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/08/18/in-solidarity-with-michaela-keyserlingk-and-jean-charest-also-has-dirty-hands/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/08/18/in-solidarity-with-michaela-keyserlingk-and-jean-charest-also-has-dirty-hands/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:32:21 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=9245 Ok, for lack of anything original, I’m going to do a variation of what DeBeauxOs did earlier over at Dammit Janet. Boys ‘n’ girls, how do you spell ReformaTory? C-A-N-C-E-R. I do mean cancer in oh so many ways as anything they touch is poison. But today, of course, we’re talking about their persistent, . . . → Read More: In Solidarity With Michaela Keyserlingk And Jean Charest Also Has Dirty Hands]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/08/18/in-solidarity-with-michaela-keyserlingk-and-jean-charest-also-has-dirty-hands/feed/ 2 Stevie Harper’s Conservatives Show Just How Spiteful They Are As They Go After a Widow Of an Asbestos Victim http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/08/14/stevie-harpers-conservatives-show-just-how-spiteful-they-are-as-they-go-after-a-widow-of-an-asbestos-victim/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/08/14/stevie-harpers-conservatives-show-just-how-spiteful-they-are-as-they-go-after-a-widow-of-an-asbestos-victim/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:12:42 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=9152 Yep, no holds barred with this gang of miscreants. That asbestos lobby is just so damned important to them that they won’t let a widow of a man who died of asbestos related mesothelioma get in the way of their agenda.  They’re going after her for the use of their contempt party logo.

Michaela . . . → Read More: Stevie Harper’s Conservatives Show Just How Spiteful They Are As They Go After a Widow Of an Asbestos Victim]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/08/14/stevie-harpers-conservatives-show-just-how-spiteful-they-are-as-they-go-after-a-widow-of-an-asbestos-victim/feed/ 2 New National Anthem-My Canada Day Gift-And Why I Boycott Canada Day http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/07/01/new-national-anthem-my-canada-day-gift-and-why-i-boycott-canada-day/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/07/01/new-national-anthem-my-canada-day-gift-and-why-i-boycott-canada-day/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:03:13 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8583 Well, while Stevie Spiteful has already begun the task of flushing Canada down the toilet in earnest:

And he turns us into another version of tea-party nation:

Stevie Spiteful keeps one promise: We’re really beginning to longer recognize Canada.  Canada, is now Harperland, where . . . → Read More: New National Anthem-My Canada Day Gift-And Why I Boycott Canada Day]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/07/01/new-national-anthem-my-canada-day-gift-and-why-i-boycott-canada-day/feed/ 2 Stevie Spends La Fete Nationale In, You Guessed It! Thetford Mines! Heart of Cancer Industries! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/24/stevie-spends-la-fete-nationale-in-you-guessed-it-thetford-mines-heart-of-cancer-industries/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/24/stevie-spends-la-fete-nationale-in-you-guessed-it-thetford-mines-heart-of-cancer-industries/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:11:36 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8403 Yep! Stevie is celebrating that the folks around l’Arrondissement de l’Amiante can all rest easy so they can now continue to get cancer and sell cancer for profit! Yay! Chrissy! Stevie! Ain’t that special?   Stevie and Chrissy saved their precious chrysotile asbestos from the big bad Rotterdam Convention, yet again. Three cheers for . . . → Read More: Stevie Spends La Fete Nationale In, You Guessed It! Thetford Mines! Heart of Cancer Industries!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/24/stevie-spends-la-fete-nationale-in-you-guessed-it-thetford-mines-heart-of-cancer-industries/feed/ 1 I Guess It’s Time To Reinstall The Asbestos In Stevie Harper’s Home Since It’s So Safe And Requires No Warning Labels http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/22/i-guess-its-time-to-reinstall-the-asbestos-in-stevie-harpers-home-since-its-so-safe-and-requires-no-warning-labels/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/22/i-guess-its-time-to-reinstall-the-asbestos-in-stevie-harpers-home-since-its-so-safe-and-requires-no-warning-labels/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:46:08 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8370 Quelle surprise! Looks like Canada will be, once again, refusing to vote to add Chrysotile asbestos to the list of hazardous materials to Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention. Once again, here’s the brief explanation of this list:

Putting chrysotile asbestos on the Annex III list of the Rotterdam Convention would let countries where companies . . . → Read More: I Guess It’s Time To Reinstall The Asbestos In Stevie Harper’s Home Since It’s So Safe And Requires No Warning Labels]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/22/i-guess-its-time-to-reinstall-the-asbestos-in-stevie-harpers-home-since-its-so-safe-and-requires-no-warning-labels/feed/ 1 Oh Stevie! One of Your Ex-Cabinet Ministers Wants You To Do The Right Thing http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/20/oh-stevie-one-of-your-ex-cabinet-ministers-wants-you-to-do-the-right-thing/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/20/oh-stevie-one-of-your-ex-cabinet-ministers-wants-you-to-do-the-right-thing/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:44:54 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8335 As I’ve mentioned last Thursday, today is the day the UN votes whether or not to include chrysotile asbestos on a list of  hazardous products on the Rotterdam Convention. Stevie Spiteful has been remaining mum on what he’ll do today, but most  are of the opinion he’ll vote to keep that poison off the . . . → Read More: Oh Stevie! One of Your Ex-Cabinet Ministers Wants You To Do The Right Thing]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/20/oh-stevie-one-of-your-ex-cabinet-ministers-wants-you-to-do-the-right-thing/feed/ 0 Stevie Spiteful’s Asbestos Hypocrisy, Johnny-Boy Charest, Would Be Modern Day Shylock, Their Enablers And Canadacausescancer.ca http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/16/stevie-spitefuls-asbestos-hypocrisy-johnny-boy-charest-would-be-modern-day-shylock-their-enablers-and-canadacausescancer-ca/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/16/stevie-spitefuls-asbestos-hypocrisy-johnny-boy-charest-would-be-modern-day-shylock-their-enablers-and-canadacausescancer-ca/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:13:29 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8303 Stevie Spiteful, as you all know by now, boys ‘n’ girls, still refuses to add asbestos to the list of hazardous materials at the Rotterdam Convention.  To be specific, as Pogge pointed out earlier, according to the article from Mia Rabson,

Substances on the list are not banned but countries exporting them must provide . . . → Read More: Stevie Spiteful’s Asbestos Hypocrisy, Johnny-Boy Charest, Would Be Modern Day Shylock, Their Enablers And Canadacausescancer.ca]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/16/stevie-spitefuls-asbestos-hypocrisy-johnny-boy-charest-would-be-modern-day-shylock-their-enablers-and-canadacausescancer-ca/feed/ 1