Sister Sage's Musings » Rotterdam Convention 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 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 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