- Signatures: 121
- Goal: 1,000
- Deadline: 4-27-2008
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LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
April 28, 2007
Mr. Prime Minister Stephen Harper - Canada stands accused of crimes against humanity for its complicity in the global trade in the world’s deadliest industrial toxin: asbestos.
Once sent abroad, the death toll has been even higher as fatal exposures occurred at every point in the chain of production. No one is immune to the potential damage posed by this global killer: stevedores, dockyard workers, truckers, insulators, construction workers, housewives, plumbers, teachers, textile workers, doctors, electricians and others have paid the price for their countries’ use of asbestos.
As one of the world’s biggest suppliers of asbestos, Canada engaged in the premeditated murder of innocent men and women all over the world. Abusing its global reputation as a progressive democracy, Canada bullied international agencies and national governments, lied to multilateral institutions, vetoed attempts to protect humanity and actively engaged with asbestos commercial interests to protect global markets for a substance acknowledged to be carcinogenic with the full knowledge of the human and environmental consequences of doing so.
We accuse you, Mr. Prime Minister, and your predecessors of mass murder for continuing your country’s pro-asbestos policy;
We accuse you, Mr. Prime Minister, and your predecessors, of abandoning the asbestos-affected communities in the Canadian mining regions where environmental pollution is killing record numbers of local residents;
We accuse you, Mr. Prime Minister, and your predecessors of putting national politics and greed before human life.
On International Workers Memorial Day, as we remember the dead and fight for the living, the Maple Leaf stands indelibly tarnished; Mr. Prime Minister, you have blood on your hands.
April 28, 2007
Mr. Prime Minister Stephen Harper - Canada stands accused of crimes against humanity for its complicity in the global trade in the world’s deadliest industrial toxin: asbestos.
The cost of Canada’s soul has been high. Over the last 100 years, the export of Canada’s killer dust has earned the country billions of dollars and caused the unacknowledged deaths of hundreds of thousands of Canadians who worked in or lived near the mines not to mention the collateral damage to family members contaminated by exposure to asbestos-contaminated work clothes.
Once sent abroad, the death toll has been even higher as fatal exposures occurred at every point in the chain of production. No one is immune to the potential damage posed by this global killer: stevedores, dockyard workers, truckers, insulators, construction workers, housewives, plumbers, teachers, textile workers, doctors, electricians and others have paid the price for their countries’ use of asbestos.
As one of the world’s biggest suppliers of asbestos, Canada engaged in the premeditated murder of innocent men and women all over the world. Abusing its global reputation as a progressive democracy, Canada bullied international agencies and national governments, lied to multilateral institutions, vetoed attempts to protect humanity and actively engaged with asbestos commercial interests to protect global markets for a substance acknowledged to be carcinogenic with the full knowledge of the human and environmental consequences of doing so.
We accuse you, Mr. Prime Minister, and your predecessors of mass murder for continuing your country’s pro-asbestos policy;
We accuse you, Mr. Prime Minister, and your predecessors, of abandoning the asbestos-affected communities in the Canadian mining regions where environmental pollution is killing record numbers of local residents;
We accuse you, Mr. Prime Minister, and your predecessors of putting national politics and greed before human life.
On International Workers Memorial Day, as we remember the dead and fight for the living, the Maple Leaf stands indelibly tarnished; Mr. Prime Minister, you have blood on your hands.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | Country |
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| 121 | 1:10 am PDT, Jun 22 | Ms. | Amanda Taylor | United States |
| 120 | 4:09 am PST, Jan 20 | Ms. | Victoria Mary Stong / X W.T.C. Volunteer | United States |
| 119 | 3:41 pm PST, Jan 1 | Simos Tarabatzis | Greece | |
| 118 | 8:33 pm PST, Dec 30 | Dana Yandle | United States | |
| 117 | 10:42 am PST, Dec 26 | RALPH Wirth | Germany | |
| 115 | 10:20 am PST, Nov 15 | Chris Leonard | Canada | |
| 114 | 10:16 am PST, Nov 15 | Steph Smith | Canada | |
| 113 | 10:02 pm PDT, Jul 17 | Holly L. McEntyre | United States | |
| 112 | 11:12 am PDT, Jul 7 | Vidya Sims | United States | |
| 111 | 9:40 am PDT, Jul 4 | Mr. | Roman Soiko | United States |
| 110 | 3:42 pm PDT, Jun 10 | Ms. | Marilyn Hannam | Canada |
| 109 | 2:06 pm PDT, Jun 10 | keith smith | Canada | |
| 108 | 7:27 am PDT, Jun 8 | Bernadine Bennett | Canada | |
| 107 | 10:29 pm PDT, May 31 | Jan Sanchez | United States | |
| 106 | 10:29 pm PDT, May 31 | Jan Sanchez | United States | |
| 105 | 3:20 pm PDT, May 13 | Dogan Ozkan | Turkey | |
| 104 | 5:49 am PDT, May 12 | Christine Gordon | United States | |
| 103 | 12:21 pm PDT, May 11 | Anonymous | United States | |
| 102 | 2:27 pm PDT, May 10 | Mr. | Joshua Zygielbaum | United States |
| 101 | 2:07 pm PDT, May 10 | Mrs. | Michelle Zygielbaum | United States |
| 100 | 12:16 pm PDT, May 10 | Ms. | Kelly Richmond | United States |
| 99 | 11:06 am PDT, May 10 | Dr. | Robert McNamara | United States |
| 98 | 10:23 am PDT, May 10 | Berklee Lowrey-Evans | United States | |
| 97 | 10:06 am PDT, May 10 | Mr. | Lawrence Rosenfeld | United States |
| 96 | 9:45 am PDT, May 10 | Jan Lipson | United States | |
| 95 | 9:44 am PDT, May 10 | Mr. | Michael F Gordon | United States |
| 94 | 9:39 am PDT, May 10 | Ms. | Katie Rosenfeld | United States |
| 93 | 6:36 am PDT, May 10 | Mr. | Paul S. Zygielbaum | United States |
| 92 | 1:59 am PDT, May 10 | Anna Asbury | United States | |
| 91 | 1:57 pm PDT, May 9 | Dr. | Antonio Labbate | Argentina |
| 90 | 2:56 pm PDT, May 8 | Bernardo Reyes | Chile | |
| 89 | 5:18 pm PDT, May 7 | Dr. | Guadalupe Aguilar Madrid | Mexico |
| 88 | 4:54 pm PDT, May 7 | Ms. | Rachel Robbins | Australia |
| 87 | 4:30 pm PDT, May 7 | Ms. | Anonymous | Australia |
| 86 | 6:15 am PDT, May 7 | Adriana Giorgio | Argentina | |
| 85 | 6:02 am PDT, May 7 | Mrs. | Adriana Divito | Argentina |
| 84 | 5:58 pm PDT, May 6 | Dr. | Carlos Damin | Argentina |
| 83 | 4:57 pm PDT, May 6 | Eduardo Rodriguez | Argentina | |
| 82 | 3:45 pm PDT, May 6 | Mrs. | Renee McDermott | Australia |
| 81 | 2:43 pm PDT, May 6 | Hermano Castro | Brazil | |
| 80 | 12:44 pm PDT, May 6 | Ana Digon | Argentina | |
| 79 | 8:38 am PDT, May 6 | Dr. | Heleno R Corrźa Filho | Brazil |
| 78 | 6:58 am PDT, May 6 | RUTH NASCIMENTO | Brazil | |
| 77 | 6:52 am PDT, May 6 | BELMIRO SILVA DOS SANTOS | Brazil | |
| 76 | 6:44 am PDT, May 6 | ELENA MAZZEO | Brazil | |
| 75 | 6:39 am PDT, May 6 | ALDO VICENTIN | Brazil | |
| 74 | 6:20 am PDT, May 6 | ELIEZER JOĆO DE SOUZA | Brazil | |
| 73 | 6:18 am PDT, May 6 | FERNANDA GIANNASI | Brazil | |
| 72 | 5:47 pm PDT, May 4 | Dr. | Lawrence Smith, BA | United States |
| 71 | 5:32 pm PDT, May 4 | Ms Zentura | United States | |
| 70 | 3:08 pm PDT, May 4 | TAYLOR WEIDNER | United States | |
| 69 | 7:43 am PDT, May 4 | Nicky Elizabeth | United States | |
| 68 | 6:05 am PDT, May 4 | Candy Bowman-LeBlanc | United States | |
| 67 | 5:57 am PDT, May 4 | Susan Walker | United States | |
| 66 | 5:32 am PDT, May 4 | Thomas Pirovano | Switzerland | |
| 65 | 3:52 am PDT, May 4 | Mrs. | bev steward | Australia |
| 64 | 1:48 am PDT, May 4 | Andrew Lambeth | Australia | |
| 63 | 8:54 pm PDT, May 3 | Julie Kleinert | United States | |
| 62 | 4:27 pm PDT, May 3 | AVA Sth Aust | Australia | |
| 61 | 4:11 pm PDT, May 3 | Ms. | Odelia Potts | Australia |
| 60 | 4:08 pm PDT, May 3 | Kat Burge | Australia | |
| 59 | 3:58 pm PDT, May 3 | Melissa Bardwell | United States | |
| 58 | 3:52 pm PDT, May 3 | Mr. | Anonymous | Australia |
| 57 | 2:33 pm PDT, May 3 | David Dunkleberger | United States | |
| 56 | 8:38 am PDT, May 3 | Pauline Houzard | Guadeloupe | |
| 55 | 6:46 am PDT, May 3 | Ms. | PAULA D CASTLES | United States |
| 54 | 4:55 am PDT, May 3 | Tina Florell | Sweden | |
| 53 | 3:41 am PDT, May 3 | Mrs. | Pam Sandys | Australia |
| 52 | 2:29 am PDT, May 3 | Jason Bowman | United States | |
| 51 | 1:47 am PDT, May 3 | Pieter van der Laan | Netherlands |
J'Accuse!
LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
April 28, 2007
Mr. Prime Minister Stephen Harper -
Canada stands accused of crimes against humanity for its complicity in the global trade in the world’s deadliest industrial toxin: asbestos.
The cost of Canada’s soul has been high. Over the last 100 years, the export of Canada’s killer dust has earned the country billions of dollars and caused the unacknowledged deaths of hundreds of thousands of Canadians who worked in or lived near the mines not to mention the collateral damage to family members contaminated by exposure to asbestos-contaminated work clothes.
Once sent abroad, the death toll has been even higher as fatal exposures occurred at every point in the chain of production. No one is immune to the potential damage posed by this global killer: stevedores, dockyard workers, truckers, insulators, construction workers, housewives, plumbers, teachers, textile workers, doctors, electricians and others have paid the price for their countries’ use of asbestos.
As one of the world’s biggest suppliers of asbestos, Canada engaged in the premeditated murder of innocent men and women all over the world. Abusing its global reputation as a progressive democracy, Canada bullied international agencies and national governments, lied to multilateral institutions, vetoed attempts to protect humanity and actively engaged with asbestos commercial interests to protect global markets for a substance acknowledged to be carcinogenic with the full knowledge of the human and environmental consequences of doing so.
We accuse you, Mr. Prime Minister, and your predecessors of mass murder for continuing your country’s pro-asbestos policy;
We accuse you, Mr. Prime Minister, and your predecessors, of abandoning the asbestos-affected communities in the Canadian mining regions where environmental pollution is killing record numbers of local residents;
We accuse you, Mr. Prime Minister, and your predecessors of putting national politics and greed before human life.
On International Workers Memorial Day, as we remember the dead and fight for the living, the Maple Leaf stands indelibly tarnished; Mr. Prime Minister, you have blood on your hands.
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