Canadian health group demands disclosure on asbestos

By Jim Morris

For the past year, the Canadian Public Health Association has sought details on the financial relationship between Canada’s Ministry of Natu

Excerpts from this story referencing "Quebec":

"… titute responded to ICIJ requests for comment.Chrysotile has been mined in Quebec for decades, and Canada remains a major supplier of raw fiber to countries …"

"… on both sides of the debate in Canada are waiting anxiously to see whether Quebec’s Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade provides …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

Excerpts from this story referencing "Quebec":

"… udying chrysotile-exposed workers in the mid-1960s with the support of the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association. “It’s very cheap. If they try to rebuild …"

"… er, a role it assumed in the 1960s when the country’s mining industry in Quebec was threatened by studies tying the mineral to cancer. The federal and pro …"

"… iber overseas in 2008. All this comes from just two mines, both located in Quebec. The Chrysotile Institute says the industry accounts for about 700 direct …"

"… rs protesting Canada’s export of chrysotile. In a statement to ICIJ, the Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources made its case: “There are no valid reasons …"

A growing death toll in Mexico

By Ana Avila

Asbestos casualties mount amid weak enforcement and a powerful lobby

Excerpts from this story referencing "Quebec":

"… employees of the Mexican Labor Secretariat to tour asbestos operations in Quebec, she says.“They return to Mexico with the impression that it is possible …"

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Canada's boom in smuggled cigarettes

By William Marsden

Gary Godelie has been a tobacco farmer most of his life, struggling to keep alive a family farm that produces what most everyone agrees is a

Excerpts from this story referencing "Quebec":

"… to official coffers to pay for healthcare and other services. The federal, Quebec and Ontario governments alone claim the proliferation of untaxed cigarette …"

"… in 2007 made up 27 per cent of the Canadian tobacco market. In Ontario and Quebec the figure climbs as high as four out of ten. This conforms with an earlie …"

"… day out of small and medium-sized factories at Indian reserves in Ontario, Quebec, and across the border in New York State. An investigation by the Internat …"

"… ans from Akwesasne, the reserve that straddles the border between Ontario, Quebec, and New York. In addition, the RCMP on Feb. 19 seized US$260,000 from an …"

Is there a magic formula to restore the good old days?

By Philip Knightley

LONDON, March 23, 2001 — With newspaper circulation declining all over the world and TV news in crisis, what does the future hold for journa

Excerpts from this story referencing "Quebec":

"… he journalists who wrote these stories.The 26 thalidomide children born in Quebec thought that they had lost any chance of compensation, because local law r …"

"… ad fought the Diamond’s case might find a solution, so he introduced the Quebec victims to him. Raynes worked out a way of suing for the Quebec victims in …"

"… oduced the Quebec victims to him. Raynes worked out a way of suing for the Quebec victims in the state of New Jersey and won them handsome compensation. But …"

Canadian Hells Angels and contraband tobacco

By William Marsden

The Center’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has taken heat lately for exposing the large-scale tobacco smuggling out

Excerpts from this story referencing "Quebec":

"… ories “a precursor to genocide.”Now comes word that Canadian police in Quebec this week have cracked down on what they are calling a major Hells Angels …"

"… e charged with participating in a criminal organization that defrauded the Quebec and Canadian governments of millions of dollars in tobacco taxes. Cazzetta …"

"… olice, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Mohawk police as well as the Quebec’s provincial police, the Sûreté du Quebec, all participated in the rai …"

"… Mohawk police as well as the Quebec’s provincial police, the Sûreté du Quebec, all participated in the raid. …"

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Canada resists adding deadly asbestos to toxics blacklist

By Jim Morris

Major producer resists adding substance to toxics blacklist

Excerpts from this story referencing "Quebec":

"… nadian media. Canada has a long history of defending the mineral, mined in Quebec and used in a variety of building materials.The Chrysotile Institute and N …"

A global lack of transparency

By M.B. Pell

Investigation into climate change lobbying groups yields little transparency

Excerpts from this story referencing "Quebec":

"… ata off the lobbying registry site, and that site is, as they would say in Quebec, une désastre.Additionally, the Canadian registry fails to report ho …"

Canada's about-face on climate

By William Marsden

Tar sands and a tough business lobby pull Ottawa far from Copenhagen

Excerpts from this story referencing "Quebec":

"… rsden is an investigative reporter with The Gazette in Montreal, Quebec. Data analysis on this story was performed by M.B. Pell, with the assistan …"

FACT CHECK: Real origins of Obama's Canadian-American tour bus

By FactCheck.Org

Where President Obama's controversial tour bus actually came from

Excerpts from this story referencing "Quebec":

"… hell of the bus was, in fact, procured from a Canadian company, Prevost, a Quebec-based firm that specializes in the manufacturing of bus shells for the hig …"

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