{"id":913,"date":"2010-11-15T17:14:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T22:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightoncanada.ca\/?p=913"},"modified":"2010-11-16T11:38:14","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T16:38:14","slug":"international-challenge-to-pm-harpers-asbestos-policy-published-in-two-major-canadian-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/?p=913","title":{"rendered":"International challenge to PM Harper&#8217;s asbestos policy published in two major Canadian newspapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ottawa Citizen \" src=\"http:\/\/sfwriter.com\/uploaded_images\/ottawa-citizen-logo-726787.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"93\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Edmonton Journal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebigrun.ca\/UserFiles\/Image\/Sponsor%20Logos\/Edmonton%20Journal%20Small%20Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><strong>We did it! <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><a title=\"see ad larger\" href=\"..\/files\/asbestos-ad.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"kathleen_ad_ottawa_sep2010-sm\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/kathleen_ad_ottawa_sep2010-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a>Thanks to overwhelming support from all around the world, we published an ad in TWO major Canadian newspapers challenging PM Harper to stop supporting the export of asbestos.<\/p>\n<p>The ad was published in the <em>Ottawa Citizen<\/em> and the <em>Edmonton Journal<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/central.bcwebinc.com\/~rightcan\/files\/asbestos-ad.pdf\">click here to see the ad<\/a>).<br \/>\nMore than a hundred unions, organizations and health defenders from 23 different countries endorsed the ad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an amazing example of international solidarity,&#8221; said RightOnCanada founder, Kathleen Ruff. &#8220;Canadians and people around the world are demanding that PM Harper end his deadly asbestos policy. He can no longer hide from this issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ad appears at a crucial moment when an anonymous consortium of investors wants to open a new asbestos mine in Quebec to export vast quantities of asbestos to the developing world.<\/p>\n<p><!-- start here for Quick Sign Up Form --><\/p>\n<div class=\"box2\">\n<h3>Take Action Signup<\/h3>\n<form action=\"http:\/\/app.icontact.com\/icp\/signup.php\" accept-charset=\"UTF-8\" method=\"post\"> <input name=\"redirect\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"http:\/\/central.bcwebinc.com\/~rightcan\/\" \/> <input name=\"errorredirect\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"http:\/\/central.bcwebinc.com\/~rightcan\/\" \/><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n function verifyRequired() {   if (document.icpsignup[\"fields_email\"].value == \"\") {     document.icpsignup[\"fields_email\"].focus();     alert(\"The Email field is required.\");     return false;   }   if (document.icpsignup[\"fields_fname\"].value == \"\") {     document.icpsignup[\"fields_fname\"].focus();     alert(\"The First Name field is required.\");     return false;   }   if (document.icpsignup[\"fields_lname\"].value == \"\") {     document.icpsignup[\"fields_lname\"].focus();     alert(\"The Last Name field is required.\");     return false;   } return true; }\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"SignUp\">\n<table class=\"signupframe\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"350\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">*<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Email<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><input name=\"fields_email\" type=\"text\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">*<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">First Name<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><input name=\"fields_fname\" type=\"text\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">*<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Last Name<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><input name=\"fields_lname\" type=\"text\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><input name=\"fields_r-on_can_contacts\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"true\" \/> <input name=\"fields_r-on_can_contacts\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"true\" \/> <input name=\"listid\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"124687\" \/> <input name=\"specialid:124687\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1NBM\" \/> <input name=\"clientid\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"306146\" \/> <input name=\"formid\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"9015\" \/> <input name=\"reallistid\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" \/> <input name=\"doubleopt\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">*<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"> = Required Field<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><input name=\"Submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End Quick Sign Up Form Here --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We did it! 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