Asian Solidarity Delegation to Quebec, Canada: Briefings-Statements-Letters
Mission Aftermath-Further Developments
Updated Jan 8, 2011
Related resources:
Events in Canada
Global Demonstrations
Media
Archive List
Briefings
Asian Solidarity Delegation from Asia to Quebec: Official Press Pack
Briefing Notes by Laurie Kazan-Allen and Kathleen Ruff
BWI Briefing on Quebec Government Proposed $58 Million Subsidy for Asbestos Export. December 2010
Press Releases
National Democratic Party Press Release, Ottawa
Press Release from ANDEVA (Association Nationale de Defense des Victimes de l’Amiante), France
Asian Solidarity Delegation from Asia to Quebec Press Release in Montreal
Blood in the Canadian Snow – statement from Asbestos Victims Support Groups' Forum UK
Dec 3, 2010: Press Statement – from Mohit Gupta, Coordinator of Occupational and Environmental Health Network of India (OEHNI), and Anup Srivastava, Education Officer, South Asia Building and Woodworkers International
Statement on Asbestos (issued in Geneva) – by World Council and World Board of the Building and Woodworkers International (BWI), a global labor federation representing 13 million building workers
Letters
Letter to Quebec College of Physicians – from 50+ Quebec medical doctors (Jan 6, 2011)
Letter to Quebec Premier Jean Charest – from the International Mesothelioma Interest Group (Dec 16)
Letter to Mine Purchase Consortium Head Baljit Chadha – from Sugio Furuya on behalf of the Solidarity Delegation (Dec 16)
Letter to Mine Purchase Consortium Head Baljit Chadha – from Barry Castleman (Dec 16)
Letter to Prime Minister Cameron (Dec 9) – from the Asbestos Victims Support Groups' Forum UK
Response from PM's Office (Dec 13)
A-BAN Letters (Nov 23) – a series of letters from the Asian Ban Asbestos Network (A-BAN) to prominent players in the Quebec asbestos crisis, including Premier Jean Charest and the Mayor of the town of Asbestos, Hughes Grimard
Letter to the Consul General of Canada in Australia – from Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Letter to Agent-General Pierre Boulanger – from Asbestos Victims Support Groups' Forum UK; delivered to the Quebec Government Office during a demonstration in support of the Asian Delegation held in London on Dec 9, 2010
Letter to the High Commissioner of Canada in Australia and Letter to the Consul General of Canada in Australia – from Robert Vojakovic, President of the Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia
Asbestos Data
Charts showing global asbestos production by country from 1900 to 2009, global consumption since 1950 and Canadian exports in the last decade:
Production, Consumption and Export Data
December 16, 2010
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